宰

Kanji

宰

Level

N1

Meaning

Oversee, rule

On'yomi

サイ

Kun'yomi

つかさど.る

Strokes

10

Common compounds

首相 (しゅしょう) Prime Minister 主宰 (しゅさい) Presiding, sponsorship 宰相 (さいしょう) Prime Minister, Chancellor

Memory hook

The 'roof' radical (宀) over 'spice' or 'bitter' (辛 - phonetic and semantic hint for difficulty/effort in ruling). A ruler 'oversees' under a 'roof,' facing the 'bitter' challenges of governance.

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