# 在 — exist; be located

在 means “exist; be located”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 6 strokes. On'yomi: ザイ (zai). Kun'yomi: あ(る) (aru).

- Meaning: exist; be located
- On'yomi: ザイ (zai)
- Kun'yomi: あ(る) (aru)
- Strokes: 6
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Size & position 1

## How to remember 在

A person (亻) on the earth (土): to exist.

Parts: 亻 person · 土 earth

## Don't confuse it with

[万](https://moji.ninja/n5-kanji/ten-thousand/) · [垂](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/hang-down/) · [不](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/not/) · [存](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/be-aware/)

## More in the “Size & position 1” set

[内](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/inside/) · [的](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/target/) · [点](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/point/) · [向](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/face-toward/) · [面](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/surface/) · [在](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/exist/)

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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/n3-kanji/exist/. Last updated 2026-11-01.