# 正 — Correct

Frequency rank 136 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 結 (Bind), less common than 続 (Continue).

- On’yomi: せい、しょう
- Kun’yomi: ただ、まさ
- Radical: 止 Stop (Kangxi 77)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX
- School grade: 1
- Strokes: 5

A bare foot slams flat onto the single line scratched in the ground, toes splayed, and the bumper stops on the hair of his shin.

In words:

- 正しい ただしい — correct
- 正 せい — (logical) true,regular
- 正に まさに — correctly;surely

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