Jisho

×

是

9 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
日 疋
Variants:
昰
just so, this, right, justice
Kun:
これ、 この、 ここ
On:
ゼ、 シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1045 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 是 【ゼ】 righteousness, justice, right
  • 是正 【ゼセイ】 correction, revision, redressing, rectifying
  • 国是 【コクゼ】 national policy
  • 党是 【トウゼ】 party platform, party principles

Kun reading compounds

  • 此れ 【これ】 this, this one, this person, now, this point (in time), here, used to stress the subject of a sentence, I, me
  • 此れから 【これから】 from now on, after this, in the future, in future, from here, from this point
  • 此処 【ここ】 here, this place, this point, here, now, these past ... (e.g. three years), these last ..., the next ... (e.g. few days), these next ...

Readings

Japanese names:
すなお、 ただし、 つな、 ゆき、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
si

Spanish

  • correcto
  • justo
  • recto
  • esto
  • ni más ni menos

Portuguese

  • somente assim
  • isto
  • certo
  • justiça

French

  • comme il faut
  • ceci
  • juste
  • justice
822 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
910 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1404 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2120 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
786 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1407 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
947 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1591 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1698 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1670 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
972 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3090 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1578 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2157 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
395 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13859 Morohashi
2436 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2451 New Nelson (John Haig)
388 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
414 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1262 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3870 2001 Kanji
4c5.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-5 SKIP code
6080.1 Four corner code
1-32-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
662f Unicode hex code

正

5 strokes
Radical:
stop 止
Parts:
一 止
correct, justice, righteous, 10**40
Kun:
ただ.しい、 ただ.す、 まさ、 まさ.に
On:
セイ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
143 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 正 【セイ】 (logical) true, regular, 10^40, ten thousand undecillion, original, positive, greater than zero, thesis (in dialectics)
  • 正解 【セイカイ】 correct answer, right solution, correct interpretation, right decision, right choice, appropriate judgement
  • 検事正 【ケンジセイ】 chief public prosecutor
  • 適正 【テキセイ】 reasonable, suitable
  • 正 【ショウ】 exactly, precisely, correct, right, true, greater (of equal court ranks), upper, senior, director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryō period), chief
  • 正月 【ショウガツ】 New Year (esp. first three days), first month of the year, January
  • 大正 【タイショウ】 Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25), Taisho era
  • 賀正 【ガショウ】 A Happy New Year!

Kun reading compounds

  • 正しい 【ただしい】 right, correct, proper, righteous, just, honest, truthful, lawful
  • 正しい行い 【ただしいおこない】 conducting oneself properly, right conduct, doing the right thing
  • 正す 【ただす】 to correct, to rectify, to reform, to amend, to redress, to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.), to adjust
  • 糺す 【ただす】 to ascertain, to confirm, to verify, to make sure of
  • 正 【まさ】 exact, precise
  • 正に 【まさに】 exactly, just, precisely, really, truly, surely, certainly, without doubt, right (when), just (as), just (about to), on the point of, on the verge of, on the brink of, really (ought to), certainly (should), naturally
  • 正に 【まさに】 exactly, just, precisely, really, truly, surely, certainly, without doubt, right (when), just (as), just (about to), on the point of, on the verge of, on the brink of, really (ought to), certainly (should), naturally

Readings

Japanese names:
おお、 くに、 ま、 まさし、 ただし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zheng4, zheng1
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • correcto
  • justo
  • arreglar
  • enderezar

Portuguese

  • corrigir
  • justiça
  • correto
  • direito
  • 10 elevado a 40

French

  • correct
  • positif
  • juste
  • droit
  • 10**40
46 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
79 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
41 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
109 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
27 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
123 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
203 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
205 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.17 Japanese for Busy People
275 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
275 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
407 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1128 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4296 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2172 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2926 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
385 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16255 Morohashi
3484 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2955 New Nelson (John Haig)
379 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
405 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
139 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
42 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3173 2001 Kanji
2m3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-1 SKIP code
1010.1 Four corner code
1-32-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b63 Unicode hex code

措

11 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
一 ｜ 二 扎 日
set aside, give up, suspend, discontinue, lay aside, except
Kun:
お.く
On:
ソ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
818 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 措置 【ソチ】 measure, step, action
  • 措辞 【ソジ】 wording, phraseology, diction
  • 特措 【トクソ】 special measure, special measures
  • 挙措 【キョソ】 behavior, behaviour, manner

Kun reading compounds

  • 措く 【おく】 to stop (doing something), to cease, to put aside, to leave as is, to leave alone, to exclude, to except

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cuo4
Korean:
jo, chaeg

Spanish

  • poner a un lado
  • poner aparte
  • exceptuar

Portuguese

  • por de lado
  • desistir
  • suspender
  • descontinuar
  • exceto

French

  • mettre à l'écart
  • rejeter
  • abandonner
  • suspendre
  • renvoyer
  • exclure
1507 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
922 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1930 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1506 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1365 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1200 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1263 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1476 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
906 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
610 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
371 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
463 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1196 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12286 Morohashi
502 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2190 New Nelson (John Haig)
1188 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1272 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1441 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1378 2001 Kanji
3c8.20 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
5406.1 Four corner code
1-33-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
63aa Unicode hex code

置

13 strokes
Radical:
net 网 (罒, ⺲, 罓, ⺳)
Parts:
一 ｜ 十 目 買
placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn
Kun:
お.く、 -お.き
On:
チ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
277 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 置換 【チカン】 substitution, replacement, permutation, substitution, displacement
  • 置換可能引数データ 【チカンカノウヒキスウデータ】 replaceable parameter data
  • 留置 【リュウチ】 detention (usu. during investigation), imprisonment, poundage, custody
  • 倒置 【トウチ】 turning upside down, inversion

Kun reading compounds

  • 置く 【おく】 to put, to place, to leave (behind), to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.), to set up, to appoint (someone to a certain position), to hire, to employ, to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.), to bear (in mind, etc.), to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool, to take in (boarders, etc.), to provide lodging in one's house, to separate spatially or temporally, to do something in advance, to leave something in a certain state, to keep something in a certain state

Readings

Japanese names:
おき、 おけ、 き
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi4
Korean:
chi

Spanish

  • poner
  • colocar
  • situar

Portuguese

  • colocação
  • por
  • colocar
  • depositar
  • abandonar
  • manter
  • empregar
  • hipotecar

French

  • placer
  • poser
  • déposer
  • faire à l'avance
  • laisser derrière
  • garder
  • employer
  • gage
469 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
570 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
545 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
322 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3644 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
345 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
831 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2232 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
426 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
432 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
262 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1466 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3222 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1671 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2262 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
840 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28298 Morohashi
2608 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4645 New Nelson (John Haig)
832 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
895 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
312 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
610 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3675 2001 Kanji
5g8.8 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-8 SKIP code
3-1-12 SKIP code
6071.6 Four corner code
1-35-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7f6e Unicode hex code