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清

qīng

clear

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 青 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

青 sound component

青  Sound component

qīng

  

green or blue

Evolution

清 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
清 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
清 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
清 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

清  

qīng

clear, pure, clean; peaceful; clear; distinct; quiet; just and honest; pure; to settle or clear up; to clean up or purge

清  

Qīng

Qing or Ch'ing dynasty of imperial China (1644-1911); surname Qing

Most common words with 清
Freq.
Word
Meaning

清楚

clear

清

clear

清理

to clear up

清醒

sober

清晰

clear

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tsʰeŋ

tshjeng

qīng

clear (adj.)


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 87.7623% of movies

337th most common character in movies

335th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+6E05

Shuowen

“清，朖也，澂水之皃。从水，青聲。”


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