Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N3

17 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: politics, government

Kunyomi: まつりごと まん

Onyomi: セイ ショウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ぼくづくり

Meaning: rap

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

府(せいふ)   government

治(せいじ)   politics

権(せいけん)   political power

策(せいさく)   policy

党(せいとう)   political party

界(せいかい)   political world

局(せいきょく)   political situation

治家(せいじか)   politician

(ぎょうせい)   administration

(ざいせい)   financial affairs

(せっしょう)   regency

(まつりごと)   politics

Onyomi Examples

マツリゴト rule, government

セイカイ (world of) politics, political world, political circles

ノウセイ agricultural administration

テイセイ imperial government, imperialism, monarchical rule

セッショウ regency, regent

Kunyomi Examples

まつりごと rule, government

まんどころ official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period), titled lady (legal wife of an important official), government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods), clerk working for large temples and shrines

おおまつりごと (Japanese) imperial government

まんどころ official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period), titled lady (legal wife of an important official), government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods), clerk working for large temples and shrines