正

正 — correct, justice, righteous

JLPT: JLPT N4
Strokes: 5
Taught in: School year 1
Frequency: #143 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: せい sei

しょう shou
Kun'yomi: ただ.しい tada.shii

ただ.す tada.su

まさ masa

まさ.に masa.ni

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 正

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