Memory phrase for the Kanji: 清
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清 |
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Meaning
| clean, pure, platonic
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Pronunciation |
SEI, SHŌ
kiyoi |
Explanation |
Left: water 氵, right: blue, young 青 (Growing plants  appear in the moonshine 月 as blue and young.) |
Mnemonic
| Water that is blue is also clean and pure.
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Radicals
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氵
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water | The radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水 |
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青
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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. |
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growing plant | |
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月
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month | The radical tsuki stands for moon or month when used at the right side of a character. However t1he radical niku 肉 that stands for body or body-part is in many cases simplified to 月 and thus looks equal as "moon". |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 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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