政 — politics, government

まつりごと政 politics

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes

U+653F Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #17 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #407 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

politics
government

word

まつりごと matsurigoto Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

政(まつりごと) matsurigoto government

せい sei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

政(せい) 府(ふ) seifu government 政(せい) 治(じ) seiji politics 行(ぎょう) 政(せい) gyousei administration 財(ざい) 政(せい) zaisei finances 政(せい) 令(れい) seirei government ordinance 政(せい) 治(じ) 家(か) seijika politician 国(こく) 政(せい) kokusei national politics 政(せい) 界(かい) seikai political world

Appears in idioms

王政復古四字熟語

king, politics, restore, old

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

せい正 correct

攵 strike

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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