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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)

精肉せいにく

(good quality) meat

精密誘導ミサイルせいみつゆうどうミサイル

precision guided missile

refining

the best one can do

fine

psychiatrist

concentration

testicle

degree of milling (of rice)

energy

refinery

semen

sperm

psychiatry

essence

precision

rice polishing

spirit

elite

extended double-precision

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