Japanese symbol for “precepts”

処世訓

しょせいくん

Romaji: shoseikun

precepts

In Japanese, precepts is 処世訓, read しょせいくん (shoseikun).

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Meanings

n precepts

Kanji and stroke order

処

dispose, manage, deal with

on: ショ
kun: ところ、-こ、お.る

5 strokes · JLPT 2

世

generation, world, society

on: セイ、セ、ソウ
kun: よ

5 strokes · JLPT 3

訓

instruction, Japanese character reading, explanation

on: クン、キン
kun: おし.える、よ.む、くん.ずる

10 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
処理	しょり shori	processing; dealing with; treatment
処分	しょぶん shobun	disposal; throwing away; selling off
対処	たいしょ taisho	dealing with; coping with
処置	しょち shochi	measure; step; dealing with
処刑	しょけい shokei	execution
処女	しょじょ shojo	virgin (usu. female); maiden
世界	せかい sekai	the world; society; the universe
世代	せだい sedai	generation
訓練	くんれん kunren	training; drill; practice

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.