漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
澄: lucidity, be clear
Also: clear, clarify, settle, strain, look grave
JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 登 gives the sound
15 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
チョウchou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 清澄せいちょうclear; serene
すむsumu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 澄むすむto become clear (water, air, etc.)
- 澄み切るすみきるto be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.)
- 澄み切ったすみきったperfectly clear
すますsumasu · kun'yomi
- 澄ますすますto clear; to make clear
- 研ぎ澄ますとぎすますto sharpen; to grind; to whet
Also read -すます, 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 ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · chéng
Same form: 澄 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 澄 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 澄 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chéng 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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