剤
剤 — Dose
dose, medicine, drug
On’yomiザイ (zai)
On’yomiスイ (sui)
On’yomiセイ (sei)
Kun’yomiかる (karu)
Kun’yomiけずる (kezuru)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 剤
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 覚せい剤 | かくせいざい kakuseizai | stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.) |
| 洗剤 | せんざい senzai | detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent |
| 薬剤 | やくざい yakuzai | medicine; drug; chemical agent (e.g. pesticide, bleach, lubricant) |
| 殺虫剤 | さっちゅうざい sacchuuzai | insecticide; pesticide |
| 薬剤師 | やくざいし yakuzaishi | pharmacist; chemist |
| 合成洗剤 | ごうせいせんざい gouseisenzai | synthetic detergent |
Study notes
剤 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1151 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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