Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N3

752 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: refined, ghost, fairy, energy, vitality, semen, excellence, purity, skill

Kunyomi: しら.げる くわ.しい

Onyomi: セイ ショウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: こめへん

Meaning: rice

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

神(せいしん)   mind, soul, heart, spirit

力(せいりょく)   energy, vigor, vitality

度(せいど)   precision, accuracy

一杯(せいいっぱい)   with all one's might

密な(せいみつな)   precise, exact, detailed

巧な(せいこうな)   elaborate, delicate, exquisite

製する(せいせいする)   purify

通する(せいつうする)   be well versed in

算する(せいさんする)   adjust the fare

する(じゅせいする)   fertilize, inseminate

な(ぶしょうな)   indolent, lazy

進する(しょうじんする)   devote oneself to a pursuit

Onyomi Examples

セイ spirit, sprite, nymph, energy, vigor (vigour), strength, fine details, semen

セイエイ elite, best, pick, cream of the crop

体外受 タイガイジュセイ in vitro fertilization, in vitro fertilisation, IVF

ジュセイ fertilization, fertilisation, impregnation, pollination, insemination

ショウリョウ spirit of the deceased

ショウジン concentration, diligence, devotion, asceticism, zeal in one's quest for enlightenment, adherence to a vegetarian diet

ブショウ indolence, laziness, sloth

水晶 スイショウ (rock) crystal, high purity quartz

Kunyomi Examples

げる しらげる to polish (rice), to refine, to purify

詳しい くわしい detailed, full, minute, knowing very well, knowledgeable (about), well-acquainted (with), well-informed (about), familiar (with)