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清 : Pure

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pure, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu dynasty

On 'yomi:
セイ(sei) ショウ(shou) シン(shin)
Kun 'yomi:
きよ.い(kiyo.i) きよ.まる(kiyo.maru) きよ.める(kiyo.meru)
Nanori:
あき(aki) さや(saya)(shi) すが(suga) すみ(sumi)(se) ちん(chin)
Strokes:11
Radical: (85)
Usage Rating:705
JLPT:N2
old JLPT:2
Grade:4
Unicode:06e05
jis208:32-22
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清 Usage examples

(いわしみず)water trickling from rocks
濁併せ呑む(せいだくあわせのむ)to be broad-minded enough to associate with various types of people, to possess a capacious mind
(かせい)clearing of the river water
い愛(きよいあい)pure love, platonic love
心がまる(こころがきよまる)to feel purified
(しんこく)China under the Manchus
子音(せいしいん)voiceless consonant
(せいしゅう)clear fall (weather), clear autumn
身をめる(みをきよめる)to cleanse oneself
(かわらか)neat, tidy, trim
めの塩(きよめのしお)salt thrown to purify the ring before a bout
水器(せいすいき)water purifier
濁併呑(せいだくへいどん)being so broad-minded as to accept all sorts of things, both good and evil, being broad-minded enough to be tolerant of people of all shades
浄潔白(せいじょうけっぱく)upright and clean-handed, pure in heart and with a clean conscience
風明月(せいふうめいげつ)refreshing breeze and the bright moon, a beautiful nocturnal scene with a full moon
百年河(ひゃくねんかせい)waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear, waiting in vain for an unlikely event, waiting for pigs to fly, When the sky falls, we shall catch larks
無垢(むくせいじょう)pure and innocent, immaculate
和敬(わけいせいじゃく)harmony, respect, purity and tranquility, the four most important elements of the tea ceremony
水の舞台から飛び降りる(きよみずのぶたいからとびおりる)
水の舞台から飛び下りる(きよみずのぶたいからとびおりる)
水の舞台から飛びおりる(きよみずのぶたいからとびおりる)
to make a leap into the dark, to take the plunge, to jump in at the deep end, to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple
掃員(せいそういん)garbage man, garbage collector
戦役(にっしんせんえき)First Sino-Japanese war (1894-5)
見オレンジ(キヨミオレンジ)Kiyomi orange (Citrus unshiu sinensis), type of tangor (tangerine-orange hybrid)
潔感(せいけつかん)(sense of) cleanliness, (sense of) freshness
(せいだん)noble, refined, eloquent speech