音読み: ゼイ・シ
訓読み: これ
画数: 9
部首: 日（ひ）
Meaning
Right / Correct / Just / This; justice; truth.
- 是正 — correction; rectification
- 是非 — right and wrong; pros and cons; by all means
- 国是 — national policy; national principle
- 社是 — company creed; corporate motto
- 是認 — approval; acknowledgment
是 pairs the sun/day radical 日 — a symbol of clarity — with a component that points to “being correct.” Think of something placed in broad daylight: when light is on it, what’s right becomes clear. That’s 是: “the correct / this (proper) one.”
A handy mental hook: 是 vs. 非 — right vs. wrong. Picture a signboard: the left side says 是 (the proper choice), the right side says 非 (not proper). When you see 是, think “this is the right one.”
Forms
是正 — correction; to put things right