最

Caught Bear Handed in the Cookie Jar
Originally uploaded by schleppzer.

(the) Most

• naj

最（サイ）高（コウ） - best
saikou

• najbolji

最（サイ）低（テイ） - worst
saitei

• najgori

最（もっと）も - most
mottomo

• najviše

cf.
高 - high
低 - low

最

See 取、耳、又

最 represents a lid and acquisition. One removes a lid and takes a little of something underneath, with one's finger tips. It came to mean "very few/little", but it eventually lost this meaning .

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Radical: 日
Stroke Count: 12
音： サイ
訓： もっと
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