Japanese Kanji

sei

awake · be disillusioned · sober up

Secondary school · 16 strokes

Readings

  • ONセイsei
  • KUNさ.ますsa
  • KUNさ.めるsa

Meaning

Awake, be disillusioned, sober up.

Stroke order for 醒

醒 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. With 16 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.

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