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政 means 'government'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 94   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-1    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 8    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 204 words   Used in 555 words   Used in 1084 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   セイ   ショウ
Kun
   まつりごと government
Additional readings
Kun    まん
Name    ただ   まさ
Components
⿰  正 correct  攵 strike  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 政 is used 24 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 政 is used 545 times, read 4 ways (with 2 variations).
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セイ : 539 words FIND ALL
せ い ふ 1
noun
government; administration
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ショウ : 1 word FIND ALL
せ っ し ょ う 1
noun
regent; regency
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ショウ (read as じょう) : 1 word FIND ALL
だ じ ょ う か ん 3
noun
1. Grand Council of State (1868-1885 CE)  (this meaning is restricted to reading だじょうかん, だいじょうかん)
2. Department of State (under the ritsuryo system)  (see also: 律令制; usu. だいじょうかん)
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まつりごと : 2 words FIND ALL
ま つ り ご と 0
noun
rule; government
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まん : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
legal wife of a regent, of the imperial adviser, or of an official at the Grand Council of State  (see also: 摂政, 関白, 大臣, 大納言, 中納言; honorific)
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まさ: 1 word. FIND ALL
ひ ら ま さ 0
Most common form: ヒラマサ
noun
yellowtail amberjack (species of fish, Seriola lalandi)  (often written with kana only)
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An additional 10 less common words include 政 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 746 (originally: 724)  Joy o' Kanji : 724  Key to Kanji: 595 

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政
セイ   ショウ   まつりごと government   
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正
セイ   ショウ   ただしい correct   ただす to correct   まさ precise, exact   
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止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
攵
ぼく strike   
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