# 整 arrange

束 (bundle of sticks) + (director) + 正 (correct)
★★★☆☆
16 strokes

## Onyomi

SEI |

## Mnemonic

| When the DIRECTOR SAYS, you gotta arrange these sticks into a bundle, you do it, no questions asked, because she's always CORRECT.

## Kunyomi

( を ) ととの＊える | to arrange or prepare - usually used with "prepare a hairstyle", or "clean up a sentence on a re-write of a paper", and not used anywhere else. Sometimes books will refer to someone who is pretty as having a 整った顔 (totono-ta kao) (literally: a well-arranged face!) ★★☆☆☆
( が ) ととの＊う | something is arranged in a certain formation. ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

整理(せいり) する | arrange ★★★☆☆ 整 (arrange) + 理 (reason) = 整理 (arrange) arrange things, like arranging papers alphabetically, or arranging books by topic.
整形(せいけい) | plastic surgery ★☆☆☆☆ 整 (arrange) + 形 (form) = 整形 (plastic surgery)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
整 | arrange | BUNDLE | 束
裂 | tear up | SWORD | 刀

You arrange sticks in a BUNDLE,
but you tear up shit with your SWORD.

## Synonyms

organize 片付ける 整理 配列 整える