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

精

  • Meaning

    精 means "refined, essence, spirit."

    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.

  • Words using 精

    • 精神 せいしん Listen mind; spirit; soul
    • 精神的 せいしんてき Listen mental; spiritual; emotional
    • 精密 せいみつ Listen precise; exact; detailed
    • 精製 せいせい Listen refining; purification; careful manufacture
    • 精度 せいど Listen precision; accuracy
    • 精彩 せいさい Listen brilliance; luster; lustre
    • 精神障害 せいしんしょうがい Listen mental disorder; mental disability; mental illness
    • 精米 せいまい Listen rice polishing; polished rice

  • Four-character idioms with 精

    • 刻苦精励 こっくせいれい Listen being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships; making a strenuous effort
    • 刻苦精進 こっくしょうじん Listen being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships; making a strenuous effort
    • 勇猛精進 ゆうみょうしょうじん Listen engage in ascetic practices with dauntless spirit
    • 少数精鋭 しょうすうせいえい Listen elect (select) few
    • 精力絶倫 せいりょくぜつりん Listen being of unbounded energy; being with matchless vigor; having endless sexual stamina
    • 精励恪勤 せいれいかっきん Listen assiduousness; attending diligently to one's study or duties

  • Tattoo check: 精

    • Verified meaning: refined, essence, spirit
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, きよし, くわし, すぐる)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 精

    Given names 精(あきら)Listen 精(きよし)Listen 精(くわし)Listen 精(せい)Listen 精(ただし)Listen 精(つとむ)Listen 精(まこと)Listen

    Surnames 精(すぐる)Listen 精(せいざき)Listen 精(せいじ)Listen

  • Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sei(セイ) セイ

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kuwa.shii(くわ-しい) くわ-しい

    shira.geru(しら-げる) しら-げる

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    米 (kome・komehen)

  • Related Keywords

    refined essence spirit dedication detailed devoted origin purity refinement supernatural vitality chaste clarity clean concentration core determination elegant energy excellence focus intelligence precision pure purified sophisticated stamina soul

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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