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Kanji Grade 1 - 正

Kanji character Grade 1 正. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 1 - 正
 
About
correct, justice, righteous, 10**40
Kun: ただ.しい、 ただ.す、 まさ、 まさ.に
On: セイ、 ショウ
5 strokes
Radical: stop 止
Parts: 一 止
 
Onyomi
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, right, correct interpretation (answer, solution)
検事正 【ケンジセイ】 chief public prosecutor
適正 【テキセイ】 reasonable, suitable
正 【ショウ】 greater (of equal court ranks), upper, senior, director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo period), chief, exactly, precisely
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!
 
Kunyomi
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
正 【まさ】 exact, precise
正に 【まさに】 exactly, surely, certainly, just, right then, just then, at that moment, just (about to), on the verge (of doing or happening), duly, naturally
正に 【まさに】 exactly, surely, certainly, just, right then, just then, at that moment, just (about to), on the verge (of doing or happening), duly, naturally