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清

11 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
二 亠 土 汁 月 青
pure, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu dynasty
Kun:
きよ.い、 きよ.まる、 きよ.める
On:
セイ、 ショウ、 シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
705 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 清算 【セイサン】 (financial) settlement, squaring accounts, clearing debts, liquidation, ending (a relationship), breaking up (with), burying (the past), redeeming (one's faults)
  • 清潔 【セイケツ】 clean, hygienic, sanitary, pure, virtuous, immaculate
  • 血清 【ケッセイ】 serum, blood serum
  • 乳清 【ニュウセイ】 whey
  • 清浄 【セイジョウ】 pure, clean, purity
  • 清浄無垢 【セイジョウムク】 purity, spotlessness
  • 清 【シン】 Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912), Ch'ing dynasty, Manchu dynasty
  • 清朝 【シンチョウ】 Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912), Ch'ing dynasty, Manchu dynasty, seichōtai, typeface which resembles brush-stroke forms of characters
  • 東清 【トウシン】 Eastern China
  • 日清 【ニッシン】 Japan and Qing China

Kun reading compounds

  • 清い 【きよい】 clean, clear, pure, honest, clean, innocent, platonic, chaste
  • 清い愛 【きよいあい】 pure love, platonic love
  • 清まる 【きよまる】 to be purified, to be cleansed
  • 清める 【きよめる】 to purify, to cleanse, to exorcise, to purge, to ward off

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 さや、 し、 すが、 すみ、 せ、 ちん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qing1
Korean:
cheong

Spanish

  • puro
  • claro
  • purificar
  • limpiar

Portuguese

  • puro
  • purificar
  • limpar
  • exorcisar
  • Disnastia Manchu

French

  • pur
  • purifier
  • exorciser
  • nettoyer
  • dynastie Mandchoue
440 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
547 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
517 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
509 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2605 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
654 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
692 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1342 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
660 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
671 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
754 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1213 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
635 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
384 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
479 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1553 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17695P Morohashi
523 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3205 New Nelson (John Haig)
1539 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1659 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
569 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
346 2001 Kanji
3a8.18 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
3512.7 Four corner code
1-32-22 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e05 Unicode hex code

水

4 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
水
water
Kun:
みず、 みず-
On:
スイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
223 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 水 【スイ】 Wednesday, shaved ice (served with flavored syrup), water (fifth of the five elements)
  • 水位 【スイイ】 water level
  • 用水 【ヨウスイ】 irrigation water, water for fire, city water, cistern water
  • 浄水 【ジョウスイ】 clean water, purified water

Kun reading compounds

  • 水 【みず】 water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water), fluid (esp. in an animal tissue), liquid, flood, floodwaters, water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout, break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
  • 水揚げ 【みずあげ】 landing, unloading (e.g. a ship), catch (of fish), takings, sales (of a shop), defloration (e.g. of a geisha), preservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana)
  • 飲み水 【のみみず】 drinking water, potable water
  • 呼び水 【よびみず】 pump-priming, rousing, stimulation

Readings

Japanese names:
うず、 ずみ、 つ、 ど、 み、 みさ、 みつ、 みな、 みん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shui3
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • agua

Portuguese

  • água

French

  • eau
14 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
16 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
40 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
144 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2482 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
16 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
68 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
54 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
21 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
21 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
19 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1151 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
10 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
132 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17083 Morohashi
10 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3030 New Nelson (John Haig)
130 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
137 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
166 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
31 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1142 2001 Kanji
3a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-3 SKIP code
4-4-3 SKIP code
1223.0 Four corner code
1-31-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c34 Unicode hex code

啓

11 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
一 口 尸 戸 乞 攵
Variants:
諬
disclose, open, say
Kun:
ひら.く、 さと.す
On:
ケイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1403 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 啓発 【ケイハツ】 enlightenment, development, edification, public awareness, illumination, education, inspiration
  • 啓蒙 【ケイモウ】 enlightenment, illumination
  • 拝啓 【ハイケイ】 Dear (so and so), Dear Sir, Dear Madam, To Whom It May Concern
  • 敬啓 【ケイケイ】 salutation at the end of a formal letter

Kun reading compounds

  • 啓く 【ひらく】 to enlighten, to edify

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 さとし、 はじめ、 ひろ、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi3
Korean:
gye

Spanish

  • abrir
  • aclarar
  • revelar
  • decir

Portuguese

  • revelar
  • abrir
  • dizer

French

  • révéler
  • ouvrir
  • dire
1197 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1452 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
940 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1205 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1138 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1491 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1398 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1487 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1690 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
293 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3434 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1769 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2408 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1094 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3820X Morohashi
2763 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
828 New Nelson (John Haig)
1085 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1166 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1415 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3077 2001 Kanji
3d8.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-3 SKIP code
3860.4 Four corner code
1-23-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5553 Unicode hex code

吾

7 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
口 五
I, my, our, one's own
Kun:
われ、 わが-、 あ-
On:
ゴ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1828 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 吾兄 【アセ】 you (referring to a male)
  • 吾人 【ゴジン】 we
  • 故吾 【コゴ】 one's former self
  • 金吾 【キンゴ】 kingo (game similar to blackjack)

Kun reading compounds

  • 我 【われ】 I, me, oneself, you, prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
  • 我々 【われわれ】 we

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あが
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu2
Korean:
o

Spanish

  • yo
  • mi
  • nuestro

Portuguese

French

  • moi
  • mon
  • notre
  • son propre
1393 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
37 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1933 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
491 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2035 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3060 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1558 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2132 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
17 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3379 Morohashi
2407 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
733 New Nelson (John Haig)
17 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
17 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3177 2001 Kanji
3d4.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-3 SKIP code
1060.1 Four corner code
1-24-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
543e Unicode hex code