漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
浄: clean, purify
Also: cleanse, exorcise, Manchu Dynasty
JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 争 gives the sound
9 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ジョウjou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 浄化じょうかpurification
- 洗浄せんじょうwashing; cleansing; cleaning
- 浄水じょうすいclean water; purified water
- 自浄じじょうself-purification; self-cleansing
- 浄土じょうどpure land (esp. the Western Pure Land…
- 清浄せいじょうpure; clean; purity
- 浄化槽じょうかそうwater-purification tank
- 洗浄剤せんじょうざいdetergent; cleanser; cleaning agent
Also read セイ, きよめる, きよい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 净 · traditional 淨 · jìng
Three different forms: Japanese 浄, simplified 净, traditional 淨.
- Simplified
- 净 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 淨 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jìng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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