漢字道KANJIDOβ

清 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
7Elementary year 4 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
セイ・ショウせい・しょう · sei · shō
Kun
きよ(い)・きよ(まる)・きよ(める)kiyo(i) · kiyo(maru) · kiyo(meru)
Meaning
pure, clean, clear

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Phonetic-semantic. Water 氵 gives the meaning and 青 (blue, clear) the sound. It means clear, clean water.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセイせいsei清潔せいけつ清算せいさん粛清しゅくせい
Onショウしょうshō六根清浄ろくこんせいじょう
Kunきよいkiyoi清いきよい清らかだきよらかだ
Kunきよまるkiyomaru清まるきよまる
Kunきよめるkiyomeru清めるきよめる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 清潔せいけつ

    cleanliness

  • 清書せいしょ

    fair copy, neat writing

More words with this kanji

  • 清澄せいちょう
  • 清掃せいそう
  • 清廉せいれん
  • 清浄せいじょう
  • 廓清かくせい
  • 清楚せいそ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

山(やま)の清(きよ)らかな水(みず)を飲(の)む。

I drink the pure water of the mountain.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

清書清潔清書to wri…潔pure泣cry治govern法law浅shallo…浴bathe井well成to bec…松pine…省reflec…笑laugh
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading セイAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Quiz