在

音読おんよみ: ザイ

訓読くんよみ:

画数かくすう: 6 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 土(つち)

Meaning

Exist / Be Located / Reside

  • 在宅ざいたく — staying at home
  • 現在げんざい — current / present
  • 存在そんざい — existence / being
  • 在日ざいにち — residing in Japan
  • 在学ざいがく — being enrolled in school
  • 在庫ざいこ — inventory / stock

在 combines the radical 土 (earth) with phonetic 才 (ざい). It suggests something present in a place or context. It’s widely used in words about location, presence, and time — from “current” (現在) to “existence” (存在).

かれ在宅ざいたくワークをしています。
He works from home.

この地域ちいき学校がっこうは 3つです。
There are three schools located in this area.

存
Creates
存在そんざい — existence / being
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