Meaning: correct, just
Reading: ショウ、セイ、ただ、まさ
正月（ショウガツ）: New Year, new year’s holidays
正札（ショウふだ）: ticket price, proper price
賀正（ガショウ）: (I wish you a) Happy New Year (a greeting phrase for a new year’s card)
正確（セイカク）（な）: accurate, precise
正当（セイトウ）（な）: right(ful), fair
不正（フセイ）（な）: dishonest, corrupt
正（ただ）しい: right, reasonable, proper
正（ただ）す: (v) correct, rectify
正（まさ）に: exactly, surely
正夢（まさゆめ）: a dream which comes true, a prophetic dream
This kanji has 5 strokes, so when we count votes or similar, we write this kanji instead of 卌.
#正 is listed under the radical of #とめへん（止）. Apparently 止 has a meaning of a foot and with 一 (one) added, 正 means to advance straight forward, from which the meaning of “correctness” developed.
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