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是

just so
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingゼ、シ
Kun readingこれ、この、ここ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. just soRtK
    製造業に比べて大きく遅れをとっている非製造業における生産性向上、それも設備投資の活性化により内外価格差の是正と成長力を確保するというのがベストシナリオだ。The best way for adjusting the gap between the internal and the external price and securing economic growth is to promote the non-manufacturing industry's productivity by aggressive investing in facilities.tatoeba
    是非、彼に会いたいわ。I want to see him at all costs.tatoeba
  2. this
  3. right
  4. justice
  1. correction
  2. revision
  3. redressing
  4. rectifying

Popular Usage

是非

Radicals and components

Radical日sun
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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sun (日) · day (日) · mend

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 414

Compound words

是非ぜひ
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
国是こくぜ
national policy
是正ぜせい
correction; revision; redressing; rectifying
是認ぜにん
approval; approbation; endorsement
是非ともぜひとも
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
是非是非ぜひぜひ
certainly; by all means
是程これほど
so
是等これら
these
是迄これまで
so far
是からこれから
from now on
是ほどこれほど
so
色即是空しきそくぜくう
form is emptiness
是か非かぜかひか
right or wrong
是正するぜせいする
to correct
是が非でもぜがひでも
rightly or wrongly
過ちて改めざる是を過ちと謂うあやまちてあらためざるこれをあやまちという
a man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake

Additional Examples

是非パーティーへおこし下さい。
Do come to the party.tatoeba
是非とも目標を達成せねばならない。
I have to attain my purpose at all costs.tatoeba

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 是

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step