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

where?

健在

jiàn zài

内在

nèi zài

intrinsic

同在

tóng zài

to be with

在下

zài xià

under

在世

zài shì

to be alive

在乎

zài hu

determined by

在于

zài yú

to be in

在任

zài rèn

在位

zài wèi

on the throne

在先

zài xiān

Characters that share the radical 土.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.