Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
stop
Parts:
correct, justice, righteous, 10**40
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
143 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 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

10 strokes
Radical:
steam, breath
Parts:
Variants:
spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
Kun:
いき
On:
Jinmeiyō variant of a jōyō kanji, used in names

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  • 気 【キ】 spirit, mind, heart, nature, disposition, intention, mind, will, motivation, mood, feelings, consciousness, care, attention, consideration, worry, interest, (the) air, atmosphere, ambience, atmosphere (of), air (of), mood, fragrance, aroma, flavour, taste, qi (in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine), chi, ki
  • 気象 【キショウ】 weather (conditions), disposition, temperament

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi4
Korean:
gi

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2481 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1247 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
4000 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2772 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
17059 Morohashi
3228 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3028 New Nelson (John Haig)
0a6.8 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-6 SKIP code
2-2-8 SKIP code
8091.7 Four corner code
1-61-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c23 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
cram school, private school
On:
ジュク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1297 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 塾 【ジュク】 cram school, private tutoring school, juku
  • 塾長 【ジュクチョウ】 principal of a private school
  • 義塾 【ギジュク】 private school
  • 入塾 【ニュウジュク】 enrolling at a cram school

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu2
Korean:
sug

Spanish

  • colegio privado
  • academia

Portuguese

  • escola p/ reforço
  • escola particular

French

  • cours du soir
  • école privée
1370 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1727 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1133 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1164 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1674 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1789 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
863 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
362 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3546 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1830 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2490 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
315 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5402 Morohashi
2860 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1083 New Nelson (John Haig)
309 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
331 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1695 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
472 2001 Kanji
3b10.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-11-3 SKIP code
2-10-3 SKIP code
0510.4 Four corner code
0410.4 Four corner code
1-29-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
587e Unicode hex code