正 — correct, right, proper

せい正 correct

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

U+6B63 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #143 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #379 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

correct
right
proper
justice

word

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).

正(せい) sei correct 校(こう) 正(せい) kousei proofreading 正(せい) 当(とう) seitou legitimate 公(こう) 正(せい) kousei fairness 正(せい) 門(もん) seimon main gate 正(せい) 式(しき) seishiki formal 正(せい) 社(しゃ) 員(いん) seishain regular employee 正(せい) 反(はん) 対(たい) seihantai exact opposite

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

正(しょう) 月(がつ) shougatsu New Year 大(たい) 正(しょう) taishou Taisho era お正(しょう) 月(がつ) oshougatsu New Year 正(しょう) 直(じき) shoujiki honest 正(しょう) 体(たい) shoutai true identity 正(しょう) 午(ご) shougo noon 正(しょう) 面(めん) shoumen front

まさ masa 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).

正(まさ) に masani exactly

ただ tada 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).

正(ただ) しい tadashii correct 正(ただ) す tadasu to correct

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

正日(じょんいる) joniru Jong-il

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

とめる止 stop #77

いち一 one #1

Used as component in (7)

ととのう整 organize まつりごと政 politics しょう証 evidence のびる延 prolong しょう症 symptoms おろし卸 wholesale せい征 subjugate

Compound ideograph (会意). 一 (one/line) above 止 (foot/stop). A foot stopping at the line — walking correctly. Correct, right, proper.

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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.

#77 止 stop