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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

Stroke order of 精, 14 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

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

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

Practise writing 精 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 精 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 5 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

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.