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organize
Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingセイ
Kun readingととの.える、ととの.う
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. organizeRtK
  2. arranging
  3. tune
  4. tone
  5. meter
  6. key (music)
  1. to be ready
  2. to be prepared
  3. to be arranged
  4. to be in order
  5. to be put in order

Popular Usage

整理整数整備

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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organise · bundle · Chaplin · tree (木) · wood (木) · mouth (口) · taskmaster · correct (正) · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · stop (止) · footprint (止)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1800

Compound words

整理せいり
sorting; arrangement; organization; putting in order; adjustment
整数せいすう
integer
整備せいび
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
整うととのう
to be ready; to be prepared; to be arranged; to be in order; to be put in order
整えるととのえる
to put in order; to arrange; to tidy up; to fix; to straighten
整備するせいびする
to maintain
整理するせいりする
to sort
調整するちょうせいする
to adjust
均整きんせい
symmetry; balance; proportion; uniformity
整合せいごう
adjustment; coordination; integration; conformity
整頓せいとん
orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
整列せいれつ
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
調整ちょうせい
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning
不整脈ふせいみゃく
arrhythmia; abnormal heartbeat
整ったととのった
well-ordered; in good order; well-featured; well-regulated
整形外科せいけいげか
orthopedic surgery; orthopaedic surgery; orthopedics; orthopaedics; plastic surgery
修整しゅうせい
adjustment
再調整さいちょうせい
readjustment
整数比せいすうひ
(expressed as) the ratios of whole numbers
整備工せいびこう
(car) mechanic
企業整備きぎょうせいび
curtailment of business operations
境界調整きょうかいちょうせい
alignment
空気調整くうきちょうせい
air conditioning
交通整理こうつうせいり
traffic control

Additional Examples

彼は部屋を整頓した。
He put the room in order.tatoeba
彼は部屋をきちんと整理した。
He set things in order in his room.tatoeba
彼は非常にきちんとした人なので、すべての鍋類はあるべき場所に整理されている。
He is such a tidy person. Every pot and pan is in its place.tatoeba
彼は自分の身辺を整理した。
He put his affairs in order.tatoeba
整備新幹線も参照の事。
Refer to projected Shinkansen lines as well.wiki
朝堂院形式整備拡充期。
The period when Chodo-in (an office at the Heijo-kyo Palace) style was expanded.wiki

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 整

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