# 材 — timber; material

材 means “timber; material”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 7 strokes. On'yomi: ザイ (zai). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: timber; material
- On'yomi: ザイ (zai)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 7
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Metal, stone & materials

## How to remember 材

A tree (木) with talent (才): good timber.

Parts: 木 tree · 才 talent

## Don't confuse it with

[丹](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/cinnabar/) · [本](https://moji.ninja/n5-kanji/book/) · [杯](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/cup/)

## More in the “Metal, stone & materials” set

[石](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/stone/) · [材](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/timber/) · [鉄](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/iron/) · [油](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/oil/) · [玉](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/ball/) · [板](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/board/) · [炭](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/charcoal/)

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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/timber/. Last updated 2026-11-01.