Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N3

108 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: system, law, rule

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: セイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: りっとう

Meaning: knife, sword

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

度(せいど)   system

服(せいふく)   uniform [n.]

(たいせい)   system, set-up

(ぜいせい)   tax system

天皇(てんのうせい)   the Emperor System

共和(きょうわせい)   republicanism

定する(せいていする)   enact (law)

限する(せいげんする)   restrict, limit

する(きょうせいする)   coerce

する(きせいする)   regulate

Onyomi Examples

セイ system, organization, organisation, imperial command, laws, regulation, control, government, suppression, restraint, holding back, establishment

セイアツ gaining total control (of people or counties), suppression, oppression, control, mastery, ascendancy, supremacy

天皇 テンノウセイ the Emperor System

帝政 テイセイ imperial government, imperialism, monarchical rule