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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1045 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: just so, this, right, justice

Kunyomi: これ, この, ここ

Onyomi: ゼ, シ

Composition: 日 疋

是

Radical

Radical: 日

Meaning: sun, day

Reading: ひ

Frequency: 453

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position hen)

日

Examples

Onyomi Examples

是 (ゼ) righteousness, justice, right

是正 (ゼセイ) correction, revision, redressing, rectifying

国是 (コクゼ) national policy

党是 (トウゼ) party platform, party principles

Kunyomi Examples

此れ (これ) this, this one, this person, now, this point (in time), here, used to stress the subject of a sentence, I, me

此れから (これから) from now on, after this, in the future, in future, from here, from this point

此処 (ここ) here, this place, this point, here, now, these past ... (e.g. three years), these last ..., the next ... (e.g. few days), these next ...

此処に (ここに) now, here, at this juncture

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