Entry
  1. Noun

    official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period)

  2. titled lady (legal wife of an important official)

    Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) languageAbbreviationsee 北の政所

  3. government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods)

  4. clerk working for large temples and shrines

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Characters in this word

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politics, government

Kun
まつりごとまん
On
セイショウ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
17 of 2500
Radical
rap
WaniKani
Level 16

Built from

Used in names as

ただまさ

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-5-4SKIP code
4i5.1The Kanji Dictionary
1814.0Four corner code
3166deroo
653fUnicode hex code
1-32-15JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2045Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2335New Nelson (John Haig)
1142New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1468Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
779Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1058Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
381Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
407Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
50A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
881Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
124Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13135XMorohashi
724A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
483Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
492Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
646sakade
586Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
746henshall3
700Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
23crowley
530Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
937Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
387Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zheng4Pinyin reading
jeongKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
16WaniKani level
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place, extent

Kun
ところ-ところどころとこ
On
ショ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
221 of 2500
Radical
door
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-4-4SKIP code
4m4.3The Kanji Dictionary
7222.1, 3222.1Four corner code
3054deroo
6240Unicode hex code
1-29-74JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1821Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2054New Nelson (John Haig)
851New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1056Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
568Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
752Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1127Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1208Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
107A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
600Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
137Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11715XMorohashi
312A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
153Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
153Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
246sakade
177Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
328henshall3
305Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
129crowley
149Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.3busy_people
843Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1137Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
suo3Pinyin reading
soKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level