JLPT N1 · 9 strokes
Kanji 是: "just so, this, right"
The kanji 是 means "just so, this, right, justice". It is written with 9 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ゼ, シ in on'yomi and これ, この, ここ 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)
ゼシ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
これこのここ
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 | just so, this, right, justice |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 9 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1045 of 2,501 |
Common words with 是
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 是非certainly; without fail · right and wrong; pros and cons
- 彼是this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that · around; about; round about; roughly
- 是非ともby all means; at all costs; absolutely
- 是righteousness; justice; right
- 是が非でもrightly or wrongly; by all possible means; at all costs; at any cost
- 是正correction; revision; redressing; rectifying
- 是非是非certainly; by all means
- 是非もないunavoidable; inevitable
- 是認approval; approbation; endorsement
- 国是national policy
- 色即是空form is emptiness; matter is void; all is vanity
- 空即是色emptiness is form; illusion of the reality of matter
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