# 財 loot

貝 (shellfish/money) + 才 (skill / age)
★★★☆☆
10 strokes
BETA SAME ON

## Onyomi

SAI or ZAI | I took my loot and bought me a XYLOPHONE with platinum SIDES.

## Mnemonic

| It takes skills to make loot and money.

## Jukugo

財布(さいふ) | wallet ★★★☆☆ 1/2 KANA 財 (loot) + 布 (fabric) = 財布 (wallet)
財産(ざいさん) | one's possessions ★★☆☆☆ 財 (loot) + 産 (childbirth, production of things) = 財産 (one's possessions)
財閥(ざいばつ) | big biz ★☆☆☆☆ 財 (loot) + 閥 (clique) = 財閥 (big biz) a group of banks, corporations, and underworld guys, where everyone is on each other's board of directors - like capitalist feudal states. These are the fuckers who bankrolled and encouraged Japan's role in the second world war. FDR specifically told MacArthur to break them up, but Mac didn't.Companies like Mitsui bank and Mitsubishi, Nissan, etc. have profited handsomely off of slave labor and Hirohito's war, and they continue to be the bedrock of society.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
財 | loot | MONEY | 貝
材 | raw materials | TREE | 木
村 | hicktown | GLUE | 寸

Loot is usually MONEY,

but raw material is lumber from TREES.

The hicks GLUE banjos to their knees .