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政 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「攵」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「攵」
On
セイ・ショウせい・しょう · sei · shō
Kun
まつりごとmatsurigoto
Meaning
government; politics; rule

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Combines 正 "correct" with 攵 "a hand striking"; setting a country right — hence "government, politics."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセイせいsei政治せいじ行政ぎょうせい家政かせい
Onショウしょうshō摂政せっしょう
Kunまつりごとmatsurigoto政せい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 政治せいじ

    politics; government

  • 政府せいふ

    the government

More words with this kanji

  • 政党せいとう
  • 政策せいさく
  • 為政者いせいしゃ
  • 摂政せっしょう
  • 傀儡政権かいらいせいけん
  • 秕政ひせい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

新(あたら)しい政治(せいじ)のニュースを読(よ)む。

I read the news about the new government.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

政府政治政府govern…治govern故reason救to res…攻attack放releas…敏quick性nature招to inv…制system証proof象elepha…
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Compound

Map of radical 攵Map of reading セイAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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