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雑
ざつ
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rough, crude
Zatsu, “rough”, is from Middle Chinese 雜 (MC dzop).
Taken apart
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Written with 雑
In a sentence
彼は仕事が雑だ。
He is careless and untidy in his work.
お客が雑な作りのスタンドに座って靴を磨いてもらっている。
A customer is having his shoes shined on a slapped-together stand.
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What Wiktionary says
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- “From Middle Chinese 雜 (MC dzop).”
Source: Wiktionary: 雑 (dump of 2026-09-02), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Reading, meaning and part of speech from JMdict, and kanji readings from KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG).
What the labels mean
- 漢語 Sino-Japanese
- Words built from Chinese-derived morphemes — borrowed from Chinese or coined in Japan out of Chinese parts — read with on'yomi.
- Borrowing
- Taken over from another language.