最
commonutmost; most; extreme
Radical: 曰 (say). Strokes: 12画. Elements: 一耳日又. Variants: 冣. . Hangul: 최 [choe]. Nanori: もmo.
Jōyō Kanji 4th Grade. JLPT N3.
Example compounds:
| サイSAI | 最後列【さいこうれつsaikōretsu】(very) back (last) row; rearmost row 最【さいsai】the most; prime 最右翼【さいうよくsaiuyoku】dominant person; preeminent person; strongest contender |
| もっともmottomo | 最も【もっともmottomo】most; extremely 最後に笑う者が最もよく笑う【さいごにわらうものがもっともよくわらうsaigoniwaraumonogamottomoyokuwarau】He who laughs last laughs hardest |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 6700 | – | Unicode |
| 26-39 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 2-4-8 | – | SKIP |
| 4c8.10 | – | TKD |
| 6014.7 | – | Four Corner |
| 3867 | – | De Roo |
| 2146 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 2492 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 2472 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 1599 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 821 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 121 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 1742 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 291 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 14301 | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 5 p. 999 |
| 484 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 263 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 402 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade |
| 612 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 510 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall |
| 587 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 99 | – | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley |
| 439 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 3.11 | – | Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT |
| 1000 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 829 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |