Trace Panda
■ radical

zài

at

How it’s built

Origin unclear.

才
sound

talent; just

士
component

soldier; scholar — The purpose of this component is unclear. The modern form of this component looks like 土, but originally it was written as 士.

Through the ages

Bronze script
Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 在 as a component, most common first.

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