漢字Kanji · in States & Attributes
静: quiet
JLPT N314 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
争 carries the meaning · 青 carries meaning and sound
14 strokes
Five readings, and the words that use each
セイsei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 静寂せいじゃくsilence
- 安静あんせいrest [n.]
- 冷静なれいせいなcalm, cool-headed
- 静止するせいしするstand still
- 静聴するせいちょうするlisten quietly
ジョウjou · on'yomi
- 静脈じょうみゃくvein
しずかshizuka · kun'yomi · on its own
- 静かなしずかなquiet
しずまるshizumaru · kun'yomi
- 静まるしずまるquiet down, calm down [v.i.]
しずめるshizumeru · kun'yomi
- 静めるしずめるappease, pacify, calm [v.t.]
Also read しず-, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)青 (sound) + 爭 (sound)
Note that 青 is also a compound with two phonetic components.
Source: Wiktionary, 靜 (rev. 88206855), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Blue/green (青) + struggle (争). Think of the deep, silent blue of the ocean after a storm, or the peace that remains when a conflict has settled.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
静 takes the 青 family's reading, セイ (sei).
争
Also built on contend (争)
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 靜 · jìng
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 静. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 靜.
- Simplified
- 静 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 靜 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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