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
- —正南due south
- —正犯principal offense; principal offence; principal offender
- —正否right and wrong
- —正賓guest of honor; guest of honour
- —正負positive and negative (numbers); plus and minus (signs); positive and negative (poles)
- —正副original and copy (of a document); principal and vice- (e.g. chairman and vice-chairman)
- —正服uniform; regulation dress
- —正腹legitimacy
- —正文main text (as opposed to any included commentary or annotations); authentic text (e.g. of a treaty, as opposed to any translation not specified as authentic); Chinese classical literature
- —正兵regular soldiers
- —正編main part (of a book); principal part; original text (as opposed to its sequels); first book (of a series)
- —正方square
- —正帽cap of a uniform
- —正北due north
- —正本original; original text; authenticated facsimile; authenticated copy
- —正立upright
- —正路righteousness; path of righteousness; path of duty; the right track
- —端正handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct; upright; graceful
- —中正impartiality; fairness
- —正嫡legal wife; her child; main family