JLPT N1 · 16 strokes
Kanji 整: "organize, arranging, tune"
The kanji 整 means "organize, arranging, tune, tone, meter, key (music)". It is written with 16 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read セイ in on'yomi and ととの.える, ととの.う in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
セイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ととの.えるととの.う
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | organize, arranging, tune, tone, meter, key (music) |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 16 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 3 |
| Frequency rank | 478 of 2,501 |
Common words with 整
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 整えるto put in order; to arrange; to tidy up; to fix · to get ready; to prepare; to arrange; to supply
- 整うto be ready; to be prepared; to be arranged · to be in order; to be put in order; to be well-ordered; to be well-proportioned
- 整理sorting; arrangement; organization; putting in order · liquidation; settlement; consolidation; clearance (e.g. debt)
- 調整adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation
- 整備maintenance; servicing · putting in place; development; improvement; preparation
- 息を整えるto regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
- 整然orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized
- 整列standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
- 整頓orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
- 整理がつくto collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
- 均整symmetry; balance; proportion; uniformity
- 髪を整えるto arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair
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