俊しゅん才さい

しゅ

ん

さ

い

Meanings

prodigy; genius; person of exceptional talent

Refers to a person with outstanding natural ability, often in intellectual or artistic fields. Slightly formal and literary.

彼かれは数すう学がくの俊しゅん才さいとして知しられている。
He is known as a mathematical prodigy.
若わかい俊しゅん才さいたちが集あつまる会かい議ぎに参さん加かした。
I attended a conference where young geniuses gathered.

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Kanji

俊sagacious, genius, excellence
才genius, years old, cubic shaku
儁excellence, talented person
駿a good horse, speed, a fast person

Related words

俊しゅん足そく
俊才 is the common modern word for a gifted or talented person, while 俊足 in this sense is a rare literary term rarely used today.
俊しゅん
俊才 is the common compound for 'a person of exceptional talent', while 俊 alone is a rare, literary noun with the same core meaning.
逸いつ材ざいN1
俊才 and 逸材 both describe a remarkably gifted person, but 俊才 leans toward intellectual brilliance while 逸材 is broader, covering sports and business talent too.

Don't confuse with

俊しゅん英えい
俊才 and 俊英 share the kanji 俊 and nearly overlap in meaning, but 俊才 leans toward describing the talent itself while 俊英 more often labels the talented person.

Written forms

俊しゅん才さいUsage81%
Standard kanji spelling.
儁しゅん才さいUsage19%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not used in modern writing.
駿しゅん才さい
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

Composed of 俊 (しゅん, 'excellent, genius') and 才 (さい, 'talent, ability'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of exceptional talent.