The kanji 精: meaning, readings and stroke order
精
- Meaning
- spirit, fine
- On reading
- セイ sei、ショウ* shou
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 米 rice
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- tinh thần, kỹ càng (tinh)
- Japanese
- こころの ちから。こまかくて くわしい。
- Korean
- 정신, 꼼꼼하다 (정)
- Chinese
- 精神、精细
Readings, words and example sentences
セイ sei · on reading
精神
mind, spirit
精神を 集中して 取り組みます。
I focus my mind and work hard on it.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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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.