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正 means 'correct'

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Strokes : 5    Frequency: 135   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-4    Grade: 1   Intermediate lesson: 9    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 335 words   Used in 581 words   Used in 3137 names   Component in 26 kanji (5 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   セイ   ショウ
Kun
   ただしい correct   ただす to correct   まさ precise, exact
Additional readings
Kun    まさに
Name    おお   くに   ま   まさし   ただし
Components
⿱  一 one  止 stop  
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See also
疋 roll of cloth; bolt of cloth  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 正 is used 37 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 正 is used 574 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation).
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セイ : 411 words FIND ALL
せ い し き 0
due form; official; formality
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ショウ : 130 words FIND ALL
し ょ う ご 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
noon; mid-day
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ショウ (read as じょう) : 6 words FIND ALL
だ い そ う じ ょ う 3
noun
high priest
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まさ : 7 words FIND ALL
ま さ し く 2
Most common form: まさしく
surely; no doubt; evidently  (often written with kana only)
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ただしい : 20 words FIND ALL
た だ し い 3
1. right; correct
2. proper; righteous; just; honest; truthful; lawful
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An additional まさ less common words include 正 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 79 (originally: 41)  Joy o' Kanji : 41  Key to Kanji: 599 

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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   
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