Entry
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    lack of talent; incompetency; ineptitude; inability

    Formal or literary term

  2. Noun

    one's own unskillfulness

    Humble (kenjougo) language

Also written 不材【ふさい】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

On
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N4
Frequency
101 of 2500
Radical
one
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-4-1, 3-2-2, 3-3-1SKIP code
0a4.2The Kanji Dictionary
1090.0Four corner code
3154deroo
4e0dUnicode hex code
1-41-52JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
17Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
13New Nelson (John Haig)
3434New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4242Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2141Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2890Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1217Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1302Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
134A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
94Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
130Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19Morohashi
572A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
94Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
94Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
500sakade
104Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
600henshall3
444Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
103crowley
422Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.18busy_people
10Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1225Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bu4, bu2Pinyin reading
bu, bulKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

genius, years old, cubic shaku

On
サイ
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1497 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
4-3-3SKIP code
0a3.27The Kanji Dictionary
4020.0, 5000.0Four corner code
1447deroo
624dUnicode hex code
1-26-45JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
270Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2059New Nelson (John Haig)
3410New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4218Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2131Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2880Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
681Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
736Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
639A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
35Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
574Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11769Morohashi
126A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
551Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
560Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
217sakade
553Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
139henshall3
85Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
739Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
853Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
688Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
cai2Pinyin reading
jaeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level