Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info:
攴 (ぼくづくり) – folding chair
攵 (ホク, のぶん, ぼくづくり, ぼくにょう) – strike; hit; folding chair

Henshall Mnemonic: government forces correctness

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 5
Frequency: #17 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N4 Words

• 政治   [せいじ]
  (n) politics; government   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 政府   [せいふ]
  (n) government; administration   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 政党   [せいとう]
  (n) (member of) political party   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 政権   [せいけん]
  (n) (political) administration; political power   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 政策   [せいさく]
  (n) political measures; policy   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 財政   [ざいせい]
  (n) economy; financial affairs   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 行政   [ぎょうせい]
  (n) administration   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 参政権   [さんせいけん]
  (n) suffrage; franchise   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 市政   [しせい]
  (n) municipal government   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 政   [まつりごと]
  (n) rule; government   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 政界   [せいかい]
  (n) political world   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 政教   [せいきょう]
  (n) religion and politics; church and state   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 政局   [せいきょく]
  (n) political situation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 政経   [せいけい]
  (n) politics and economics   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 政見   [せいけん]
  (n) political views   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 国政   [こくせい]
  (n) political situation; statecraft; body politic   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 新政   [しんせい]
  (n) a new government or administration   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 地方行政   [ちほうぎょうせい]
  local administration   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 内政   [ないせい]
  (n) municipal; internal administration; domestic affairs   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 政治家   [せいじか]
  (n) politician; statesman   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 財政投融資   [ざいせいとうゆうし]
  (n) treasury investment and loan   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 政治的   [せいじてき]
  (adj-na) political   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 財政難   [ざいせいなん]
  (n) economic difficulties   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 無政府   [むせいふ]
  (n) anarchy   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 政治犯   [せいじはん]
  (n) political offense; political offender   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 政治力   [せいじりょく]
  (n) political strength   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 政情   [せいじょう]
  (n) political situation; political affairs   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 政争   [せいそう]
  (n) political strife   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 政庁   [せいちょう]
  (n) government office   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 政敵   [せいてき]
  (n) political opponent   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 軍政   [ぐんせい]
  (n) military government   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 政党政治   [せいとうせいじ]
  party politics   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 政 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.