Kanji1 / 5
正 kanji
correct, justice, righteous, 10**40
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
セイショウ
Kun readings
ただしいただすまさまさに
Words with 正
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —正史official history; authorized history
- —正視looking directly at; looking straight at; looking in the face; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); confronting; normal vision; emmetropia
- —正字correctly written character; kanji used with its original meaning; traditional kanji; unsimplified kanji; official in charge of proofreading characters in books (in China)
- —正室legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); room for receiving guests; heir; successor
- —正邪right and wrong; right or wrong
- —正出legitimate child
- —正書printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; block style; standard style
- —正色primary colors; primary colours
- —正数positive number
- —正西due west
- —正接tangent (trigonometric function)
- —正続book or document and its supplement
- —正大fairness; justice
- —正中middle; centre; center; impartiality; culmination
- —正朝legitimate dynasty
- —正調traditional tune
- —正伝authentic biography
- —正殿main temple; main building of a shrine; Shishiden; Hall for State Ceremonies; central building of a palace; State Chamber
- —正東due east
- —正答correct answer; answering correctly; giving a correct answer