Hanja Analyzer
正

正 — jeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
바를 정
Romanization
jeong
English
right, proper, correct
Mandarin
zhèng
Japanese on'yomi
セイ, ショウ
Japanese kun'yomi
ただ.しい ただ.す まさ まさ.に
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 1
Newspaper frequency
#143 of 2,500
Strokes
5
Radical
止 (77, 1 residual)
Unicode
U+6B63

Parts that make up 正

  • 一 한 일 가로로 그은 한 획하나, 그리고 바닥이나 하늘 같은 기준선
  • 止 그칠 지 멈춰 선 발자국발과 멈추고 가는 일

How 正 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 正 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 丁, 止.

Korean example words with 正

  • 정답正答 Korean gloss: 옳은 답
  • 정가正價 Korean gloss: 정당한 값
  • 정리正理 Korean gloss: 올바른 도리
  • 정학正學 Korean gloss: 올바른 학문
  • 정후正后 Korean gloss: 임금의 본처
  • 엄정嚴正 Korean gloss: 엄격하고 바름
  • 정우正羽 Korean gloss: 새의 큰 깃털
  • 정확正確 Korean gloss: 바르고 확실함
  • 순정純正 Korean gloss: 순수하고 올바름
  • 정포正布 Korean gloss: 품질이 좋은 베
  • 정부正否 Korean gloss: 바른 것과 그른 것
  • 정식正式 Korean gloss: 정당한 격식이나 의식

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 正

  • 改正かいせい revision; amendment; alteration
  • 修正しゅうせい amendment; correction; revision
  • 正式せいしき formal; official; regular
  • 正常せいじょう normal; regular
  • 是正ぜせい correction; revision; redressing
  • 正義せいぎ justice; right; righteousness
  • 正午しょうご noon; midday
  • 正せい (logical) true; regular; 10^40
  • 正面しょうめん front; frontage; facade
  • 不正ふせい injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing
  • 適正てきせい reasonable; suitable
  • 補正予算ほせいよさん revised budget; supplementary budget

Characters sharing the phonetic 正

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

佂 定 征 怔 是 昰 症 罡 証 鉦

Other hanja read “정”

丁 丼 井 亭 佂 侹 停 偵 凈 叮 呈 姃 婧 婷 定 幀 庭 廷 征 怔 情 挺 掟 政 整 旌 晶 晸 桯 梃 棖 楨 檉 汀 浄 涏 淀 淨 渟 湞 瀞 炡 玎 珵 珽 町 甼 疔 睛 碇 禎 程 穽 筳 精 綎 艇 莛 裎 訂

Other hanja with radical 止

止 此 步 武 歧 歩 歪 歯 歲 歳 歴 歷 歸

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