在 (zài) — Chinese Character

在

zài

to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

Radical: 土 HSK 1 p, v, d pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

在 decomposes into the following components:

才土

Semantic component: 土; phonetic component: 才.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 在.

不在

bù zài

何在

hé zài

健在

jiàn zài

内在

nèi zài

同在

tóng zài

在下

zài xià

在世

zài shì

在乎

zài hu

在于

zài yú

在任

zài rèn

在位

zài wèi

在先

zài xiān

Characters that share the radical 土.

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