政 – politics, government

9 strokesTaught in grade 5#17 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 政 means politics, government. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セイ、ショウ (sei, shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is まつりごと、まん (matsurigoto, man). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 攴 (no. 66).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セイ	sei
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	まつりごと	matsurigoto
Kun’yomi	まん	man

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 攴 (Kangxi radical 66). Components: 一・止・攵・乞.

Words using 政

政治せいじpolitics政府せいふgovernment政党せいとうpolitical party財政ざいせいpublic finance行政ぎょうせいexecutive政権せいけん(political) administration政策せいさくpolitical measures

Example sentences

政治について討論しよう。

I suggest we discuss politics.

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政府は倒された。

The government was overthrown.

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２つのグループが団結して１つの政党になった。

Two groups united to form a party.

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Kanji with the same radical

改数教放整敗攻故散救敏敬敵敷敢

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