EntryWaniKani 51
  1. I-adjective (keiyoushi)

    clever; smart

    Usually written using kana alone

    さりげなく聡いこの子にはうかつな事はとても言えない。
    You just can't let things slip around this nonchalantly smart girl.
  2. sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 敏い【さとい】

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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

wise, fast learner

Kun
さと.いみみざと.い
On
ソウ
Strokes
14
Taught
Jinmeiyō
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1507 of 2500
Radical
ear
WaniKani
Level 51

Built from

Used in names as

さとさとしさとるあきあきらとしさたみのる

Dictionary and index codes (22)
CodeReference
1-6-8SKIP code
6e8.2The Kanji Dictionary
1813.3Four corner code
3258deroo
8061Unicode hex code
1-33-79JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3708Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4730New Nelson (John Haig)
1384New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1750Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
938Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1266Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2677Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2717Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2311Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1961Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
29109Morohashi
2203Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
cong1Pinyin reading
chongKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
51WaniKani level