Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1209 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: adjusted, alike, equal, similar variety of

Kunyomi: そろ.う ひと.しい ひと.しく あたる はやい

Onyomi: セイ サイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: script, literature

Examples

Onyomi Examples

セイ Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States), Ch'i

セイショウ singing in unison, chanting in unison

イッセイ simultaneous, all at once

セイセイ arranged, organized, orderly, neat

斎行 サイコウ carrying out (a religious festival or ceremony)

サイコウ Saikō era (854.11.30-857.2.21)

Kunyomi Examples

等しい ひとしい equal, identical, the same, no different (to), just like, equivalent

等しく ひとしく equally, evenly, similarly, alike, just as ..., as soon as ..., the moment (that) ..., immediately upon ...