精

精 U+FA1D, 精 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA1D ← 靖 CJK Compatibility Ideographs 羽 →

Stroke order

精 (Kangxi radical 119, 米+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 火木手一月 (FDQMB), four-corner 9592₇, composition ⿰米青(GHTJV) or ⿰米靑(K or U+FA1D))

• 𡁔, 𪇒, 𦾿, 𧓔 (Contains 青)
• 𭨇 (Contains 靑)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 910, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26997
• Dae Jaweon: page 1336, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3150, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7CBE

• Unihan data for U+FA1D

Historical forms of the character 精
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs) : semantic 米 (“rice”) + phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ) – polished rice.

精

1. polished rice
2. essence; energy
3. spirit; energy; vigour

   • 故上悖日月之明，下爍山川之精，中墮四時之施，惴耎之蟲，肖翹之物，莫不失其性。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     故上悖日月之明，下烁山川之精，中堕四时之施，惴耎之虫，肖翘之物，莫不失其性。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Gù shàng bèi rìyuè zhī míng, xià shuò shānchuān zhī jīng, zhōng duò sìshí zhī shī, zhuìnuò zhī chóng, xiàoqiào zhī wù, mòbù shī qí xìng.

     It is just as if, above, the brightness of the sun and moon were darkened; as if, beneath, the productive vigour of the hills and streams were dried up; and as if, between, the operation of the four seasons were brought to an end: in which case there would not be a single weak and wriggling insect, nor any plant that grows up, which would not lose its proper nature.

4. seminal fluid; semen
5. spirit; soul
6. essence; concentrate
7. demon; goblin
8. (dialectal, of meat) lean

   Alternative form: 腈

9. fine; refined
10. pure; unmixed
11. concentrated; sincere
12. clear; bright
13. exquisite; profound
14. extremely; very

    叫雨淋了個精溼 [MSC, trad.]
    叫雨淋了个精湿 [MSC, simp.]

    jiào yǔ lín le ge jīng shī

    Got made extremely wet by the rain.

15. to be proficient; to be expert at
16. to expose; to be bare
17. smart; clever

    你以為你能玩兒得過他？他可精了。誰算計誰還不一定呢！ [MSC, trad.]
    你以为你能玩儿得过他？他可精了。谁算计谁还不一定呢！ [MSC, simp.]

    Nǐ yǐwéi nǐ néng wánr de guò tā? Tā kě jīng le. Shéi suànji shéi hái bùyīdìng ne!

    You think you could defeat him? He is witted and alert. That who's going to set whom up is not certain yet!

    做廣告做得好精 [Cantonese, trad.]
    做广告做得好精 [Cantonese, simp.]

    zou⁶ gwong² gou³ zou⁶ dak¹ hou² zeng¹

    runs crafty advertisements

18. (Cantonese) Suffix used to describe person with a negative attribute

    大話精／大话精 [Cantonese]  ―  daai⁶ waa⁶ zing¹   ―  liar

    馬騮精／马骝精 [Cantonese]  ―  maa⁵ lau^4-1 zing¹   ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

19. Alternative form of 睛
20. Alternative form of 菁 (jīng)
21. Alternative form of 晶 (jīng)
22. (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 精 (MC tsjeng)

精

1. ^‡ strong

Shinjitai	精
Kyūjitai [1]	精 精 or 精+︀?
	精󠄀 精+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
	精󠄃 精+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 精)

1. essence

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō ^†)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
• Kun: こころ (kokoro, 精)、しらげる (shirageru, 精げる)^{←しらぐ (siragu, 精ぐ, historical)}、くわしい (kuwashii, 精しい)^{←くはし (kufasi, 精し, historical)}、もののけ (mononoke, 精)
• Nanori: あき (aki)、あきら (akira)、きよ (kiyo)、きよし (kiyoshi)、くわし (kuwashi)、しげ (shige)、しら (shira)、すぐる (suguru)、すみ (sumi)、ただ (tada)、ただし (tadashi)、つとむ (tsutomu)、ひとし (hitoshi)、まこと (makoto)、まさ (masa)、まさし (masashi)、もり (mori)、よし (yoshi)

From Middle Chinese 精 (t͡siᴇŋ, “essence, energy”). Compare modern Mandarin reading jīng.

• (Tokyo) せー (Atamadaka – )^[2][3]
• IPA^(key):

精(せい) • (sei) -na (adnominal 精(せい)な (sei na), adverbial 精(せい)に (sei ni))

1. detailed, conscientious
2. pure, refined

精(せい) • (sei) 

1. polishing, refining
2. care, conscientiousness
3. something polished or refined, particularly polished white rice
4. vim and vigor, energy in doing things
5. life force, vitality, the energy of living
6. one's emotions, mind, or soul
7. the soul or spirit of a thing, particularly when appearing on its own; a fairy, a sprite
8. semen

• (polishing): 研磨(けんま) (kenma)
• (refining): 精製(せいせい) (seisei)
• (polished rice): 精米(せいまい) (seimai); 白米(はくまい) (hakumai)
• (care): 念入(ねんい)り (nen'iri)
• (vim): 元気(げんき) (genki)
• (vigor): 精力(せいりょく) (seiryoku)
• (emotions): 心(こころ) (kokoro)
• (mind): 精神(せいしん) (seishin)
• (soul): 魂(たましい) (tamashī)
• (spirit): 精霊(せいれい) (seirei)
• (sprite): 妖精(ようせい) (yōsei)
• (semen): 精液(せいえき) (seieki)

Noun stem of verb 精げる (shirageru, “to polish, to refine”), itself derived from 白 (shira, “white”, form used in compounds, usually shiro on its own) + ぐ (gu, verbalizing suffix), originally just meaning to whiten something.

• IPA^(key):

精(しらげ) • (shirage) 

1. rice polishing, rice milling
2. polished or milled rice
3. excellence

• (rice polishing): 米磨(こめとぎ) (kometogi)
• (polished rice): 精米(せいまい) (seimai); 白米(はくまい) (hakumai)
• (excellence): 優秀(ゆうしょう) (yūshō)

精 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

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精: Hán Nôm readings: tinh^[1][2][3]

1. pure, unadulterated; refined
2. essence, spirit
3. detailed, conscientious
4. smart, clever
5. energy, vigour
6. demon; goblin; spirit
7. semen, seminal fluid, a sperm cell