材 is the Japanese kanji for materials, lumber, log, timber, wood, ingredients, talent. It is written with 7 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its on reading is ザイ.
Stroke order
Words with 材
- 取材gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.), collecting information, covering (an event, incident, etc.)
- 材料materials, ingredients
- 人材capable person, talented person
- 素材ingredient, (raw) material, resource
- 木材lumber, timber, wood
- 教材teaching materials
Practice 材 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.