Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N1

478 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: organize, arranging, tune, tone, meter, key (music)

Kunyomi: ととの.える ととの.う

Onyomi: セイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ぼくづくり

Meaning: rap

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

数(せいすう)   integer

地(せいち)   soil preparation

形外科(せいけいげか)   orthopedics, plastic surgery

(きんせい)   symmetry, balance

然と(せいぜんと)   in an orderly manner

理する(せいりする)   sort, arrange, adjust

備する(せいびする)   keep in good condition/repair

調する(ちょうせいする)   adjust, fine tune

える(ととのえる)   put in order, arrange [v.t.]

う(ととのう)   be prepared, be in order [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

セイゴウ adjustment, coordination, integration, conformity

形外科 セイケイゲカ orthopedic surgery, orthopaedic surgery, orthopedics, orthopaedics, plastic surgery, cosmetic surgery

年末調 ネンマツチョウセイ year-end tax adjustment

シュウセイ adjustment, retouching (in photography)

Kunyomi Examples

える ととのえる to put in order, to arrange, to tidy up, to straighten, to adjust, to fix, to get ready, to prepare, to arrange, to supply, to assemble, to buy, to work out (e.g. business deal), to arrange (e.g. marriage), to settle

ととのう to be ready, to be prepared, to be arranged, to be in order, to be put in order, to be well-ordered, to be well-proportioned, to be harmonious, to be adjusted, to be regulated, to be refined (e.g. of a face), to be settled (e.g. treaty, contract), to be completed