清
Manchu dynasty, cleanse, exorcise, pure, purify
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
11 / 11
Information
Grade:4
Strokes:11
JLPT:2
Frequency:705
Vocabulary
シン
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 清朝 | シンチョウ | Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty; seichōtai; typeface which resembles brush-stroke forms of characters |
| 東清 | トウシン | Eastern China |
| 北清事変 | ホクシンジヘン | Boxer Rebellion (1889-1901); North China Incident |
| 清朝体 | シンチョウタイ | seichōtai; typeface which resembles brush-stroke forms of characters |
| 清国 | シンコク | China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty |
セイ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 清潔 | セイケツ | clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate |
| 清算 | セイサン | (financial) settlement; squaring accounts; clearing debts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with); burying (the past); redeeming (one's faults) |
| 清酒 | セイシュ | refined sake |
| 清書 | セイショ | fair copy; clean copy |
| 清浄 | セイジョウ | pure; clean; purity |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 清む | すむ | to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to be free of worries; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound |
| 清い | きよい | clean; clear; pure; honest; clean; innocent; platonic; chaste |
| 清らか | きよらか | clean; clear; pure; honest; clean; innocent; platonic; chaste |
| 清々しい | すがすがしい | refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed |
| 血清 | けっせい | serum; blood serum |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
情
circumstances, emotion, facts, feelings, passion, sympathy
Grade 5JLPT 3
惰
laziness, lazy
Grade 8JLPT 1
青
blue, green
Grade 1JLPT 4
消
blow out, cancel, extinguish, neutralize, turn off
Grade 3JLPT 3
溝
10**32, ditch, drain, gutter, sewer
Grade 8JLPT 1
湖
lake
Grade 3JLPT 2
晴
clear up
Grade 2JLPT 3
漬
moisten, pickling, soak, steep
Grade 8JLPT 1
精
energy, excellence, fairy, ghost, purity, refined, semen, skill, vitality
Grade 5JLPT 3
惜
be sparing of, frugal, pity, regret, stingy
Grade 8JLPT 1