正 means correct
justice, righteous
A foot stops exactly on the line: correct.
On'yomi
- セイsei
- ショウshou
Kun'yomi
- ただ(しい)tadashii
- ただ(す)tadasu
- まさmasa
- まさ(に)masani
How it's built
- 一one
- 止stop
Common words
- 正せい(logical) true; regular
- 大正たいしょうTaishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
- 正午しょうごnoon; midday
- 公正こうせいjustice; fairness
Through history
Oracle bone
Bronze
Seal- Today