是 – just so, this, right

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1045 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 是 means just so, this, right, justice. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゼ、シ (ze, shi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is これ、この、ここ (kore, kono, koko). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 日 (no. 72).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゼ	ze
On’yomi	シ	shi
Kun’yomi	これ	kore
Kun’yomi	この	kono
Kun’yomi	ここ	koko

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: 日 (Kangxi radical 72). Components: 日・疋.

Words using 是

是非ぜひcertainly是正ぜせいcorrection

Example sentences

「キャッチボールしようか」「よし、是非やろう」

"How about playing catch?" "Sure, why not?"

Tatoeba #236631

製造業に比べて大きく遅れをとっている非製造業における生産性向上、それも設備投資の活性化により内外価格差の是正と成長力を確保するというのがベストシナリオだ。

The best way for adjusting the gap between the internal and the external price and securing economic growth is to promote the non-manufacturing industry's productivity by aggressive investing in facilities.

Tatoeba #142633

Kanji with the same radical

日時明昨早映景旧易春暴普昇星曜暮

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