# 最 most

日 (sun, day) + 取 (take)
★★★★★
12 strokes

## Onyomi

SAI | SIGH most of the time, because you have depression, plus you are the guy that sucks.

## Mnemonic

| The sun takes up most of the sky.

## Kunyomi

もっと*も | the most (the biggest, the best, the ugliest, etc.) ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

最高(さいこう!) | the best ★★★★★ 最 (most) + 高 (tall) = 最高 (the best)
最初(さいしょ) | first of all. . . ★★★★★ 最 (most) + 初 (first time) = 最初 (first of all. . .)
最後(さいご) | last ★★★★★ 最 (most) + 後 (afterwards / behind) = 最後 (last)
最近(さいきん) | recently ★★★★☆ 最 (most) + 近 (near) = 最近 (recently)
最悪(さいあく) のXXX | the worst XXX EVAR. ★★★☆☆ 最 (most) + 悪 (bad) = 最悪 (the worst XXX EVAR.)
最低(さいてい) の | lowest, worst ★★★☆☆ 最 (most) + 低 (low) = 最低 (lowest, worst) the lowest - both in the moral sense of "He's the lowest kind of sexual predator" and in the mathematical sense of "Crime rates are the lowest in 30 years," or "Do this for a minimum of 5 minutes per day."
最初の(さいしょ) の | at first ★★☆☆☆ 最 (most) + 初 (first time) = 最初の (at first)

## Used In

- 撮

## Synonyms

at least 最小 すくなくとも 最低 せめて
start, begin 初めて 最初 初めに 開始 始める
worst 最悪な 最低の