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正 Correct, Justice, Righteous, 10**40

On'yomi Chinese-derived reading

せい、しょう

Mostly used when 正 combines with other kanji in compound words.

Kun'yomi native Japanese reading

ただしい、ただす、まさ、まさに

Mostly used when 正 stands alone; the lighter kana are written after the kanji.

Strokes
5
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary year 1
Frequency
#143

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Kanji readings, meanings and frequency from KANJIDIC2, © Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. JLPT levels from Jonathan Waller's JLPT resources (CC BY).