EntryCommonJLPT N3
  1. Adverb (fukushi)

    at the most; at best

    Usually written using kana alone

    桜の花は数日、せいぜい一週間しか持たない。
    Cherry blossoms last only for a few days, a week at the most.
  2. to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 精精【せいぜい】

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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

refined, ghost, fairy, energy, vitality, semen, excellence, purity, skill

Kun
しら.げるくわ.しい
On
セイショウ
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
752 of 2500
Radical
rice
WaniKani
Level 28

Built from

Used in names as

きよ

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-6-8SKIP code
6b8.1The Kanji Dictionary
9592.7Four corner code
1046deroo
7cbeUnicode hex code
1-32-26JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3480Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4411New Nelson (John Haig)
1366New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1729Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
924Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1248Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1535Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1655Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
672A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2131Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
457Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
26997PMorohashi
725A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
659Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
670Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
647sakade
806Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
748henshall3
792Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
439crowley
877Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1500Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1549Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jing1Pinyin reading
jeongKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
28WaniKani level