漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
精: refined, ghost
Also: fairy, energy, vitality, semen, excellence, purity, skill
JLPT N314 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
米 carries the meaning · 青 gives the sound
14 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
セイsei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 精神せいしんmind, soul, heart, spirit
- 精力せいりょくenergy, vigor, vitality
- 精度せいどprecision, accuracy
- 精一杯せいいっぱいwith all one's might
- 精密なせいみつなprecise, exact, detailed
- 精巧なせいこうなelaborate, delicate, exquisite
- 精製するせいせいするpurify
- 精通するせいつうするbe well versed in
- 精算するせいさんするadjust the fare
- 受精するじゅせいするfertilize, inseminate
ショウshou · on'yomi
- 無精なぶしょうなindolent, lazy
- 精進するしょうじんするdevote oneself to a pursuit
Also read しらげる, くわしい, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Fuel for the soul! This radical represents the essential nourishment of the rice harvest and the intricate detail of individual grains.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
精 takes the 青 family's reading, セイ (sei).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side精 refined · 米
vs晴 clear up · 日In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jīng
Same form: 精 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 精 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 精 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jīng 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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