精 — refined, ghost, fairy

せい精 refined

せい

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.

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Meanings

refined
ghost
fairy
energy
vitality
semen
excellence
purity
skill

Readings

On'yomi: せい sei しょう shou
Kun'yomi: しら shira くわ kuwa

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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 受(じゅ) 精(せい) jusei fertilization (授精 often used for artificial insemination) 精(せい) 神(しん) 的(てき) seishinteki mental

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 無(ぶ) 精(しょう) bushou indolence

Words by frequency and grade

22 words

Each dot is a word containing 精: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.