清
Manchu dynasty, cleanse, exorcise, pure, purify

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ショウシンセイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

きよ.いきよ.まるきよ.める

Nanori (名乗り)

あきさやしすがすみせちん

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:4
Strokes:11
JLPT:2
Frequency:705

Vocabulary

ショウ

WordReadingMeaning
清浄ショウジョウpure; clean; purity
清浄無垢ショウジョウムクpurity; spotlessness

シン

WordReadingMeaning
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

WordReadingMeaning
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

WordReadingMeaning
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