漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
政: politics, government
JLPT N39 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
攵 carries the meaning · 正 gives the sound
9 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
セイsei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 政府せいふgovernment
- 政治せいじpolitics
- 政権せいけんpolitical power
- 政策せいさくpolicy
- 政党せいとうpolitical party
- 政界せいかいpolitical world
- 政局せいきょくpolitical situation
- 政治家せいじかpolitician
- 行政ぎょうせいadministration
- 財政ざいせいfinancial affairs
ショウshou · on'yomi
- 摂政せっしょうregency
まつりごとmatsurigoto · kun'yomi · on its own
- 政まつりごとpolitics
Also read まん, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)正 (sound) + 攴 action (meaning)
Source: Wiktionary, 政 (rev. 92200619), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Whack! A hand with a stick is ready to take command.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
正
Also built on correct (正)
政 takes the 正 family's reading, ショウ (shou).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side政 politics · 攵
vs卸 wholesale · 午 + 卩In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhèng
Same form: 政 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 政 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 政 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhèng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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