Entry
  1. Noun

    standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; formula

    それは定石通りというだけで、手を抜いたわけではないのです。
    That's just standard practise, it's not like they're cutting corners.
  2. joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)

    Go (game)

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

determine, fix, establish, decide

Kun
さだ.める、さだ.まる、さだ.か
On
テイ、ジョウ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
48 of 2500
Radical
roof
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Used in names as

さた

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-3-5SKIP code
3m5.8The Kanji Dictionary
3080.1Four corner code
770deroo
5b9aUnicode hex code
1-36-74JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1296Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1323New Nelson (John Haig)
2229New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2770Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1420Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1916Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
382Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
408Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
62A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
677Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
218Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7109Morohashi
351A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
355Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
356Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
474sakade
464Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
371henshall3
308Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
93crowley
289Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.14busy_people
473Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
388Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ding4Pinyin reading
jeongKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

stone

Kun
いし
On
セキ、シャク、コク
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N3
Frequency
342 of 2500
Radical
stone
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

いさ、いす、いわ、し、せっく、と

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-2-3SKIP code
5a0.1The Kanji Dictionary
1060.0, 1026.0Four corner code
3377deroo
77f3Unicode hex code
1-32-48JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3176Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3985New Nelson (John Haig)
2971New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3689Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1884Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2564Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
113Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
118Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
276A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
172Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
102Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
24024Morohashi
45A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
78Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
78Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
44sakade
763Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
72henshall3
44Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
347crowley
102Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1397Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
114Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shi2, dan4Pinyin reading
seogKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level