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精

JLPT N3 SL5 14 strokes Frequency: #752

Meanings

Refined, Ghost, Fairy, Energy, Vitality, Semen, Excellence, Purity, Skill

Radicals

米

Decomposition

⿰米青

Etymology

Pictophonetic: grain

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 14

Stroke Order

1 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

2 diagonal right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 vertical right-to-left

5 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

7 horizontal right-to-left

8 vertical right-to-left

9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

10 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

11 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

12 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

13 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

14 horizontal left-to-right

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ショウ shou

セイ sei

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

くわ kuwa

しら shira

Words Using This Kanji

368 words total

Other (20 words)

神経精神医学しんけいせいしんいがく

neuropsychiatry

精霊棚しょうりょうだな

shelf with offerings for welcoming the spirits of one's ancestors during the Bon Festival

在野精神ざいやせいしん

spirit of defiance of the opposition party

spiritual life

spermicide

spermicide

sending off the spirits of the dead

丹精を込めるたんせいをこめる

to take pains (doing something)

quality control

aphrodisia

thorough checkup

fire spirit

water spirit

psychasthenia

precision engineering

精神分析学せいしんぶんせきがく

(study of) psychoanalysis

team spirit

mentally ill person

rectifying tower

(attitude of) being ready to take on a challenge

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