青
green; blue; black; youth; young (of people)
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #250 U+9752
How 青 is formed
How to remember it
blue or green · Heisig RSH #1208
grow up + moon — as a component also called: telescope
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 青 as their sound component
These characters all use 青 (qīng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 青 sound component | qīng | nature's color; blue, green, black; young |
| 情 | qíng | emotion, feeling, sentiment |
| 清 | qīng | clean, pure; clear, distinct; peaceful |
| 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 青
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大青山 | Dà qīng Shān | Daqing Mountain in Hohhot 呼和浩特[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia |
| 青山区 | Qīng shān Qū | Qingshan, a district of Wuhan City 武漢市|武汉市[Wu3 han4 Shi4], Hubei; Qingshan, a district of … |
| 青天白日 | qīng tiān bái rì | (idiom) in broad daylight; in the middle of the day; KMT emblem, a white sun on a blue bac… |
| 海青天 | Hǎi qīng tiān | popular nickname of Hai Rui 海瑞[Hai3 Rui4] (1514-1587), Ming politician, famous for honesty… |
| 西青区 | Xī qīng qū | Xiqing suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tian1 jin1 shi4] |
| 高青县 | Gāo qīng Xiàn | Gaoqing, a county in Zibo City 淄博市[Zi1 bo2 Shi4], Shandong |
| 青白江区 | Qīng bái jiāng Qū | Qingbaijiang, a district of Chengdu City 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 青城山 | Qīng chéng shān | Mount Qingcheng |
| 中国青年报 | Zhōng guó Qīng nián bào | China Youth Daily |
| 巴青县 | Bā qīng Xiàn | Baqên, a county in Nagqu City 那曲市[Na4 qu3 Shi4], Tibet |
| 青神县 | Qīng shén Xiàn | Qingshen, a county in Meishan City 眉山市[Mei2 shan1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 天青石 | tiān qīng shí | lapis lazuli |
| 青阳县 | Qīng yáng Xiàn | Qingyang, a county in Chizhou City 池州市[Chi2 zhou1 Shi4], Anhui |
| 青金石 | qīng jīn shí | lapis lazuli (mineral of the square albite family) |
| 青河县 | Qīng hé Xiàn | Qinggil, a county in Altay Prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[A1 le4 tai4 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang |
| 青龙县 | Qīng lóng Xiàn | see 青龍滿族自治縣|青龙满族自治县[Qing1 long2 Man3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 青县 | Qīng Xiàn | Qing County or Qingxian, a county in Cangzhou City 滄州市|沧州市[Cang1 zhou1 Shi4], Hebei |
| 青山 | Qīng shān | see 青山區|青山区[Qing1 shan1 Qu1] |
| 青山 | qīng shān | green hills; (the good) life |
| 海东青 | hǎi dōng qīng | (bird species of China) gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) |