Word Meaning 修身斉家治国平天下

しゅうしんせいかちこくへいてんか shuushinseikachikokuheitenka

修身斉家治国平天下 is read as しゅうしんせいかちこくへいてんか (shuushinseikachikokuheitenka) and means those who wish to rule the land must first cultivate their own characters, then manage their families, then govern their states; only then can they bring peace to the land.

Meaning

English

  1. those who wish to rule the land must first cultivate their own characters, then manage their families, then govern their states; only then can they bring peace to the land

Reading

Kana

しゅうしんせいかちこくへいてんか

Romaji

shuushinseikachikokuheitenka

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 63 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Proverb Rank 37006 Priority F

Related Vocabulary

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中国国家航天局

ちゅうごくこっかこうてんきょく

China National Space Administration

平和国家

へいわこっか

peace-loving nation

法治国家

ほうちこっか

country with a constitutional government

修身

しゅうしん

morals

天皇陛下

てんのうへいか

His Majesty the Emperor

統治下

とうちか

being under the rule of

女房天下

にょうぼうてんか

husband being henpecked

天下

てんが

shogun (Edo period)

治下

ちか

under the rule of

九天直下

きゅうてんちょっか

falling headlong

国家主義

こっかしゅぎ

nationalism

独立国家共同体

どくりつこっかきょうどうたい

Commonwealth of Independent States