Memory phrase for the Kanji: 清

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Left: water 氵, right: blue, young 青 (Growing plants

appear in the moonshine 月 as blue and young.)

Water that is blue is also clean and pure.

氵	water	The radical sanzui* 氵 is a short form of water 水*
青	blue, young	At the top a growing plant (sometimes also 耒 or 丰, as with "life" 生) and below the moon 月. Accordingly, growing plants appear in the moonlight: blue/green.
	growing plant
月	month	The radical tsuki stands for moon or month when used at the right side of a character. However the radical niku 肉 that stands for body or body-part is in many cases simplified to 月 and thus looks equal as "moon".

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清い	きよい	clear, pure, noble
清掃車	せいそうしゃ	garbage truck, dustcart, waste collection vehicle
清らか	きよらか	clean, pure, chaste
清掃	せいそう	cleaning
清書	せいしょ	clean copy
清潔	せいけつ	clean
清濁	せいだく	good and evil, purity and impurity
清純	せいじゅん	purity, innocence

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