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是 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「日」

道
4Junior high level ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「日」
On
ゼ・シぜ・し · ze · shi
Kun
これ・この・ここkore · kono · koko
Meaning
right; just so; this

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

日 "sun" with 正 "correct": as right as the sun — right, just so.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onゼぜze是非ぜひ是認ぜにん国是こくぜ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 是非ぜひ

    by all means; right and wrong

  • 是正ぜせい

    correction

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

是非(ぜひ)いちど遊(あそ)びに来(き)てください。

Please do come and visit sometime.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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