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Kanji Detail for 精 - "refined, spirit, essence"

精

  • Meaning

    精 means "refined, spirit, essence."

    1. Refined - Purified; made pure.

    2. Essence - The core nature; vital energy.

    3. Spirit - The soul; mental energy.

    4. Detailed - Thorough and careful; precise.

    5. Devoted - Single-minded; earnest.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    refined; ghost; fairy; energy; vitality; semen; excellence; purity; skill

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    essence; semen; spirit

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    essence, germ, spirit

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To polish rice to make it white. (Analects) "Food should not be too finely polished." | All removing of external matter to make clean is also called 精. Such as saying 精赤 (completely red), 精光 (completely bare). | Essence. Refined material with impurities removed is called 精. Such as alcohol, charcoal essence. | The opposite of coarse. Finely worked. Such as saying taking the refined and using it broadly. Also, detailed thinking is also called 精. Such as saying 精明強幹 (shrewd and capable). | Concentrated. Such as progress in scholarship. Hence being skilled at something is also called 精. Such as saying always skilled in calligraphy and such. | Spirit. Such as saying 精神 (spirit), 精力 (energy), 勵精圖治 (strive energetically for good governance), and such. | Term for supernatural beings. Such as saying mountain spirits and tree demons. | Semen. Produced by the gonads. The original substance for animal reproduction. Such as saying nocturnal emission and such.
  • Onyomitip

    sei(せい) せい

    shoh(しょう) しょう

  • Kunyomitip

    kuwa.shii(くわしい) くわしい

    mononoke(もののけ) もののけ

    shira.geru(しらげる) しらげる

  • Strokestip

    14 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    米 (kome・komehen)

  • Related Keywords
    refined pure essence spirit soul detailed precise careful devoted earnest energy vitality concentration fine polished meticulous thorough semen fairy elf

Sentences including 精

  • She's hard at it.

  • This is the extent of my ability.

  • I am familiar with this computer.

  • He has the subject at his fingertips.

  • He is at home in france.

  • That is the most i can do.

  • She helped me morally.

  • It was all i could do to keep standing.

  • You should attend to your business.

  • You must attend to your work.

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