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Kanji Detail for 政 - "government, politics"

政

  • Meaning

    政 means "government, politics." Also associated with correct.

    1. Government - The administration of a state; rule.

    2. Politics - The affairs of governing; public affairs.

    3. Correct - To make right; to rectify.

  • Words using 政

    • 政党 せいとう Listen political party
    • 政府 せいふ Listen government; administration; ministry
    • 政権 せいけん Listen (political) administration; political power
    • 政治 せいじ Listen politics; government
    • 政界 せいかい Listen (world of) politics; political world; political circles
    • 政策 せいさく Listen political measures; policy
    • 行政 ぎょうせい Listen executive; government; administration
    • 財政 ざいせい Listen public finance; financial affairs; financial situation

  • Four-character idioms with 政

    • 王政復古 おうせいふっこ Listen restoration of imperial rule; Restoration (England)
    • 傀儡政権 かいらいせいけん Listen puppet government; puppet regime
    • 内政干渉 ないせいかんしょう Listen interference in the domestic affairs of another country
    • 大政奉還 たいせいほうかん Listen restoration of imperial rule
    • 寡頭政治 かとうせいじ Listen oligarchy
    • 政教一致 せいきょういっち Listen unity of church and state

  • Tattoo check: 政

    • Verified meaning: government, politics
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read すなお, せい, ただし, ただす)
    • Also carries these associations: correct

    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 政

    Given names 政(せい)Listen 政(ただし)Listen 政(ただす)Listen 政(まさ)Listen 政(まさし)Listen

    Surnames 政(すなお)Listen 政(つかさ)Listen 政(まさかつ)Listen 政(まささき)Listen 政(まさじ)Listen 政(まさつぐ)Listen 政(まさむね)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    politics; government

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    government, political affairs

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    political; politics; government

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    government, politics

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

    To rectify. What the people take as correct. Such as laws, decrees, and prohibitions. | All public affairs managed by the state are 政. | Rules for handling matters are 政. Such as 家政, 觴政. | An official title for one in charge is 政. Such as old official system's 學政, 鹽政. The person in charge is also called 主政. | Seeking correction is 政. Such as showing one's writings to others being 呈政.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sei(セイ) セイ

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    man(まん) まん

    matsurigoto(まつりごと) まつりごと

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    攴 攵 (bokunyo・bokuzukuri・tomata・nobun)

  • Related Keywords

    government politics correct governance methodology administration authority bureaucracy control democracy diplomacy discipline jurisdiction legislation manage parliament policy power public affairs regime rule

Sentences including 政

  • He is nothing more than a politician.

  • Politics didn't interest him.

  • He is as great a statesman as ever lived.

  • There are several forms of government.

  • The government should do away with those old regulations.

  • The government was overthrown.

  • It sounds as if the government doesn't know what to do.

  • The modern japanese politics is bad.

  • That politician is by no means honest.

  • He is not so much a politician as a novelist.

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