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是
Stroke Count
 9 Strokes
 Radical
 日 + 5 Strokes
JLPT Level N1
Jouyou Kanji, Taught in Grade 8
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English Meaning
  1. just so, this, right, justice
Readings
Kun'yomi: これ、ここ、この。
On'yomi: ゼ。(Go-on Reading)
シ。(Kan-on Reading)

Japanese Meaning for 是

Dictionary Entries for 是

koko
pronoun
  1. here; this place
  2. this point; here; now
  3. these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ... (followed by a duration noun)
  4. the next ... (e.g. few days); these next ... (followed by a duration noun)
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kore
pronoun
  1. this; this one (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic)
  2. this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group)
  3. now; this point (in time) (as これから, これまで, etc.)
  4. here
adverb
  1. used to stress the subject of a sentence
pronoun
  1. I; me
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ze
noun
  1. righteousness; justice; right
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 是

Construction of Character for 是

Radicals and parts present in 是
» Radical day, sun, Japan, counter for days
» Part head, counter for animals
Origin and construction of 是

Kanji related to 是

Kanji containing 人 at the bottom-inner

  • 茶

    答

    定

    実

    是

Kanji containing 人

  • 人

    今

    内

    会

    合

    絵

    全

    命

    拾

    界

    勝

    令

    以

    冷

    念

    倉

    輪

    験

    似

    余

    舎

    険

    検

    領

    刻

    奏

    納

    除

    捨

    創

    論

    介

    丙

    囚

    企

    吟

    含

    劾

    叙

    珍

    途

    倫

    倹

    剣

    徐

    栓

    核

    斜

    傘

    幾

    琴

    疎

    診

    該

    鈴

    零

    僕

    撲

    舗

    齢

    拳

    詮

    脊

    貪

    骸

Kanji containing 卜 at the bottom-inner

  • 定

    企

    是

Kanji containing 卜

  • 上

    下

    正

    止

    外

    店

    歩

    点

    歯

    歴

    武

    占

    朴

    卓

    祉

    肯

    貞

    赴

    偵

    悼

    掛

    粘

    疎

    歳

    戚

    貼

    訃

Kanji containing 日 at the top

  • 早

    星

    暑

    景

    最

    易

    暴

    昆

    昇

    冒

    是

    晶

    曇

    旦

Kanji containing 日

  • 日

    白

    百

    草

    音

    明

    東

    春

    昼

    原

    時

    書

    晴

    間

    楽

    電

    曜

    曲

    昔

    者

    指

    昭

    都

    習

    温

    意

    暗

    農

    練

    題

    児

    典

    果

    的

    便

    昨

    借

    唱

    量

    照

    願

    旧

    厚

    混

    復

    提

    豊

    増

    複

    担

    映

    皇

    著

    晩

    暖

    盟

    署

    腹

    層

    暮

    諸

    簡

    旨

    旬

    伯

    但

    更

    迫

    卓

    拍

    泊

    皆

    胆

    香

    凍

    宴

    挿

    殉

    脂

    偶

    喝

    婚

    惜

    措

    掲

    曹

    渇

    舶

    遇

    陳

    堤

    帽

    普

    暁

    替

    棟

    湿

    煮

    硬

    隅

    僧

    愚

    暇

    褐

    遭

    僚

    慢

    憎

    暦

    漫

    緒

    寮

    影

    撮

    暫

    槽

    潜

    縄

    謁

    賜

    踏

    錬

    錯

    療

    贈

    顕

    爆

    譜

    韻

    響

    旺

    昧

    冥

    亀

    曽

    梗

    詣

    隙

    箸

    醒

    曖

    瞭

    闇

    憬

    賭

Kanji containing 是

  • 題

    提

    是

    堤

Kanji containing 疋 at the bottom

  • 定

    是

Kanji containing 疋

  • 題

    提

    従

    疑

    旋

    堤

    婿

    疎

    錠

    礎

    綻

Meanings in Other Languages for 是

French
  1. comme il faut, ceci, juste, justice
Portuguese
  1. somente assim, isto, certo, justiça
Spanish
  1. correcto, justo, recto, esto, ni más ni menos

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