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澄 — 15 strokes / Radical「氵」

道
4Junior high level / 15 strokes / Radical「氵」
On
チョウちょう · chō
Kun
す.む・す.ます・-す.ますsu.mu · su.masu · su.masu
Meaning
clear; lucid

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" with 登: dirt settling so the water clears — to be clear.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onチョウちょうchō清澄きよすみ
Kunすむsumu澄むすむ上澄みうわずみ
Kunすますsumasu澄ますすます澄まし顔すましがお

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 清澄せいちょう

    clarity

  • 澄むすむ

    to become clear

More words with this kanji

  • 泓澄おうちょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

秋(あき)の空気(くうき)は澄(す)んでいる。

The autumn air is clear.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

清澄澄清pure汗sweat汚dirty沢swamp沈sink泊stay…畳tatami…跳leap徴sign丁block弔condol…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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