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浄 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
準2High school level ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
ジョウ・セイじょう・せい · jō · sei
Kun
きよ.める・きよ.いkiyo.meru · kiyo.i
Meaning
clean; purify

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" with 争: to wash clean with water — to purify.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onジョウじょうjō浄化じょうか清浄せいじょう不浄ふじょう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 清浄せいじょう

    cleanliness; purity

  • 浄水じょうすい

    clean water

More words with this kanji

  • 浄瑠璃じょうるり

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

浄水(じょうすい)器(き)を取(と)りつけた。

I installed a water purifier.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

浄水清浄浄水water清pure汁soup江large…泡bubble沸boil泥mud斉alike貞chaste逝pass…尉milita…剰surplu…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading ジョウAll maps

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