Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
upright, chastity, constancy, righteousness
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1389 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 貞 【テイ】 firm adherence to one's principles, chastity (of a woman)
  • 貞潔 【テイケツ】 chastity, purity
  • シロウト童貞 【シロウトドウテイ】 man who has never had sex except with sex workers
  • 不貞 【フテイ】 unfaithfulness, infidelity, unchastity
  • 貞永 【ジョウエイ】 Jōei era (1232.4.2-1233.4.15)
  • 貞応 【ジョウオウ】 Jōō era (1222.4.13-1224.11.20)

Kun reading compounds

  • 貞はる 【さだはる】 to harp too long on a subject

Readings

Japanese names:
さざ、 ただし、 りょう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhen1
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • recto
  • justo
  • constante
  • casto

Portuguese

  • correto
  • casto
  • constância
  • retidão

French

  • intègre
  • chasteté
  • pureté
  • vertu
1615 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1318 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
803 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1238 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1776 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
982 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1681 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1796 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1764 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1721 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2586 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1321 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1792 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
55 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36658 Morohashi
2083 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5768 New Nelson (John Haig)
55 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
58 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1295 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1261 2001 Kanji
2m7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
2-7-2 SKIP code
2180.6 Four corner code
1-36-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8c9e Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
graceful, gentle, pure
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1922 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 淑徳 【シュクトク】 womanly virtues
  • 淑女 【シュクジョ】 lady, (female) pervert
  • 貞淑 【テイシュク】 chastity, virtue, fidelity, feminine modesty
  • 私淑 【シシュク】 looking up to a person as one's own master or model, being influenced by a person through his works, idolizing

Kun reading compounds

  • 淑やか 【しとやか】 graceful, ladylike, modest, gentle, polite, quiet, well-mannered, refined (behavior)

Readings

Japanese names:
すく、 とし、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu2, shu1
Korean:
sug

Spanish

  • gracioso
  • gentil
  • puro

Portuguese

  • gracioso
  • puro
  • suave

French

  • gracieux
  • doux
  • pur
1368 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1857 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2592 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1487 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1478 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1335 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1668 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1783 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1767 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1210 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
639 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
388 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
483 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
728 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17634 Morohashi
527 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3191 New Nelson (John Haig)
721 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
778 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1456 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
367 2001 Kanji
3a8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
3714.0 Four corner code
1-29-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6dd1 Unicode hex code