# 剤 — dose; preparation

剤 means “dose; preparation”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. On'yomi: ザイ (zai). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: dose; preparation
- On'yomi: ザイ (zai)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 10
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Body & health 1

## How to remember 剤

Parts: 斉 all together · 刂 sword

## Don't confuse it with

[斉](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/all-together/) · [済](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/settle/) · [斎](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/ritual-purity/)

## More in the “Body & health 1” set

[姿](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/figure/) · [筋](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/muscle/) · [聴](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/listen/) · [患](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/patient/) · [傷](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/wound/) · [診](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/examine-a-patient/) · [症](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/symptom/) · [肝](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/liver/) · [剤](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/dose/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/dose/. Last updated 2026-11-01.