精 — refined, ghost, fairy

せい精 refined

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 14 strokes

U+7CBE Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #752 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1655 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

refined
ghost
fairy
energy
vitality
semen
excellence
purity
skill

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).

精(せい) sei spirit 精(せい) 神(しん) seishin mind 精(せい) 度(ど) seido precision 精(せい) 力(りょく) seiryoku energy 精(せい) 子(し) seishi sperm 精(せい) 通(つう) seitsuu being well-versed 精(せい) 密(みつ) seimitsu precise 精(せい) 一(いっ) 杯(ぱい) seiippai to the best of one's ability

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).

精(しょう) 進(じん) shoujin devotion

Appears in idioms

精神統一四字熟語

refined, gods, overall, one

精力絶倫四字熟語

refined, power, discontinue, ethics

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

こめ米 rice #119

あおい青 blue #174

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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.

#119 米 rice