正 (せい) — correct, right, justice
正
correct
Frequency #2023
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
Grade 1
1 character
no-adjective
noun
sei
せい
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
せい[1] atamadaka 頭高
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
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Meanings
- correct
- right
- justice
Explained in simple Japanese
- まちがって いない ようす。
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Adjective forms
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Conjugations are not yet available for this adjective class.