雑
雑·miscellaneous, mixed, rough, careless
- On-yomi
- ザツゾウ
- Kun-yomi
- none
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雑誌 | ざっし | magazine |
| 複雑 | ふくざつ | complicated |
| 雑音 | ざつおん | noise, static |
| 雑巾 | ぞうきん | cleaning cloth, rag |
Example sentences
電車の中で雑誌を読んでいた。
でんしゃのなかでざっしをよんでいた。
I was reading a magazine on the train.
この機械の使い方は複雑で、よくわからない。
このきかいのつかいかたはふくざつで、よくわからない。
How to use this machine is complicated, and I don't really understand it.
ラジオから雑音が聞こえる。
らじおからざつおんがきこえる。
Static is coming from the radio.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Reading 雑巾 as *ざっきん — this compound uses ゾウ: ぞうきん
- Reading 雑誌 as *ざつし; it contracts to ざっし
Memory aid
Picture it
A crowd of birds (隹) settled on a tree (木) — many different things mixed together in one place.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 雑用ざつようchores, odd jobs
- 混雑するこんざつするto be crowded, to be congested
- 混雑こんざつcongestion, crowding, being crowded
- 雑誌ざっしmagazine
- 複雑ふくざつcomplicated
- 雑巾ぞうきんcleaning cloth
- 雑音ざつおんnoise, static, interference (unwanted sound)
- 雑貨ざっかsundries, miscellaneous goods
- 雑談ざつだんchat; idle talk; small talk
- 雑ざつrough; sloppy; crude; careless
- 雑木ざつぼくassorted small trees; miscellaneous trees of no commercial value
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