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漢字Kanji · in States & Attributes

靖: peaceful

JLPT N113 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

立 and 青 carry the meaning

13 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

セイsei · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 靖国せいこくpacifying the nation

やすんじるyasunjiru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 靖国神社やすくにじんじゃYasukuni Shrine

Also read ジョウ, 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 a young sprout shooting up from the earth next to a cool, deep well. It is the color of life itself—the green of spring and the bright blue of a cloudless sky.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
靖 peaceful · 立
vs晴 clear up · 日
靖 has 立 where 晴 has 日.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jìng

Same form: 靖 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
靖 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
靖 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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