The kanji 正: meaning, readings and stroke order

正

Meaning: correct
On reading: セイ sei、ショウ shou
Kun reading: ただ（しい） tadashii、ただ（す） tadasu、まさ masa
Strokes: 5
Radical: 止 stop
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đúng, ngay thẳng (chính)
Japanese: ただしい。
Korean: 바르다, 옳다 (정)
Chinese: 正确

Readings, words and example sentences

セイ sei · on reading

正せい解かい
right answer
正せい解かいは三ばんです。
The right answer is number three.

ショウ shou · on reading

お正しょう月がつ
New Year
もうすぐ お正月おしょうがつです。
New Year is coming soon.

ただ（しい） tadashii · kun reading

正ただしい
right, correct
正ただしい こたえは一つだけです。
There is only one right answer.

ただ（す） tadasu · kun reading

正ただす
to make straight, to correct
せすじをぴんと 正ただします。
I sit up nice and straight.

まさ masa · kun reading · less common

正まさに
exactly, just
正まさに そのとおりです。
That's exactly right.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.