漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
整: organize, arranging
Also: tune, tone, meter, key (music)
JLPT N116 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
- 敕(meaning)
- 正correct(sound)
敕 carries the meaning · 正 gives the sound
16 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
セイsei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 整数せいすうinteger
- 整地せいちsoil preparation
- 整形外科せいけいげかorthopedics, plastic surgery
- 均整きんせいsymmetry, balance
- 整然とせいぜんとin an orderly manner
- 整理するせいりするsort, arrange, adjust
- 整備するせいびするkeep in good condition/repair
- 調整するちょうせいするadjust, fine tune
ととのえるtotonoeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 整えるととのえるput in order, arrange [v.t.]
ととのうtotonou · kun'yomi
- 整うととのうbe prepared, be in order [v.i.]
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)敕 (meaning) + 正 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 整 (rev. 89767354), 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)
The 正 family reads ショウ (shou); 整 is read セイ.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhěng
Same form: 整 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 整 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 整 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhěng 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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