整 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「攵」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「攵」
- On
- セイせい · sei
- Kun
- ととの(える)・ととの(う)totono(eru) · totono(u)
- Meaning
- arrange, put in order
Stroke order
Origin
You strike a 束 (bundle) by hand to make it like 正 (which also gives the sound 'sei'), correct and tidy — to 'put in order'.
Readings and examples
| Onセイせいsei | 整理せいり整列せいれつ調整ちょうせい |
|---|---|
| Kunととのえるtotonoeru | 整えるととのえる Compare: 調える |
| Kunととのうtotonō | 整うととのう Compare: 調う |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 整理せいり
sorting, tidying
- 整列せいれつ
lining up
- 整頓せいとん
- 整飭せいちょく
Example
つくえの 上を 整える。
I tidy up the top of the desk.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)