清
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(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts)
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Dict coverage rank #176 U+6E05
How 清 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 青 (phonetic, qīng)
How to remember it
pure · Heisig RSH #1213
水 water + telescope
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 青
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 青 (qīng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 青 sound component | qīng | nature's color; blue, green, black; young |
| 情 | qíng | emotion, feeling, sentiment |
| 精 | jīng | essence, germ, spirit |
| 请 | qǐng | to ask, to request; to invite; please |
| 氰 | qíng | cyanogen; ethane dinitrile |
| 睛 | jīng | eyeball; pupil |
| 猜 | cāi | to guess, to conjecture, to suppose; to feel |
| 晴 | qíng | clear weather, fine weather |
| 蜻 | qīng | dragonfly |
| 靓 | liàng | ornament; pretty; to apply make-up |
| 菁 | jīng | turnip; a flower of the leek family |
| 腈 | jīng | acrylic |
| 箐 | qìng | to draw a bamboo bow |
| 鲭 | qīng | mackerel |
| 鼱 | jīng | shrew |
| 圊 | qīng | restroom |
Words containing 清
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 清水县 | Qīng shuǐ Xiàn | Qingshui, a county in Tianshui City 天水市[Tian1 shui3 Shi4], Gansu |
| 长清区 | Cháng qīng Qū | Changqing, a district of Jinan City 濟南市|济南市[Ji3 nan2 Shi4], Shandong |
| 清水河县 | Qīng shuǐ hé Xiàn | Qingshuihe, a county in Hohhot City 呼和浩特市[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4 Shi4], Inner Mongolia |
| 数不清 | shǔ bu qīng | countless; innumerable |
| 德清县 | Dé qīng Xiàn | Deqing, a county in Huzhou City 湖州市[Hu2 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang |
| 清新区 | Qīng xīn Qū | Qingxin, a district of Qingyuan City 清遠市|清远市[Qing1 yuan3 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 不清 | bù qīng | unclear |
| 清城区 | Qīng chéng Qū | Qingcheng, a district of Qingyuan City 清遠市|清远市[Qing1 yuan3 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 大清 | Dà Qīng | Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911) |
| 清人 | Qīng rén | Qing dynasty person |
| 门儿清 | mén r qīng | (coll.) to know something inside out |
| 一清二白 | yī qīng èr bái | perfectly clean; blameless; unimpeachable (idiom) |
| 水清无鱼 | shuǐ qīng wú yú | lit. water that is too clean holds no fish (idiom); fig. one who is too severe has no frie… |
| 清水 | Qīng shuǐ | see 清水縣|清水县[Qing1 shui3 Xian4]; Shimizu (Japanese surname and place name) |
| 清水 | qīng shuǐ | fresh water; drinking water; clear water |
| 一清如水 | yī qīng rú shuǐ | lit. as clear as water (idiom); fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible |
| 小清新 | xiǎo qīng xīn | hipster |
| 清河门区 | Qīng hé mén Qū | Qinghemen, a district of Fuxin City 阜新市[Fu4 xin1 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 清一色 | qīng yī sè | (mahjong) flush; a complete hand where all tiles are of the same suit; (fig.) uniformly; e… |
| 清流县 | Qīng liú Xiàn | Qingliu, a county in Sanming City 三明市[San1 ming2 Shi4], Fujian |