是

affirm; just so; this; right; justice

9 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1045.

Readings

• ゼ (on reading): 是非 (ぜひ) certainly; 是 (ぜ) righteousness
• シ (on reading)
• これ (kun reading): 日々是好日 (にちにちこれこうじつ) every day is a good day
• この (kun reading)
• ここ (kun reading)

Components

• 日
• 疋
• 日 radical sun; day
• 疋 radical bolt of cloth

Kanji containing 是

• 題 topic
• 提 propose
• 堤 dike
• 醍 whey
• 匙 spoon
• 寔 real

Words using 是

• 是非 (ぜひ) certainly
• 是 (ぜ) righteousness
• 是正 (ぜせい) correction
• 是認 (ぜにん) approval
• 社是 (しゃぜ) company policy
• 日々是好日 (にちにちこれこうじつ) every day is a good day

36 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists