淸

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See also: 清
淸 U+6DF8, 淸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DF8
← 混
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 淹 →

Translingual

Han character

淸 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水手一月 (EQMB) or 難水手一月 (XEQMB), composition ⿰氵靑)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 632, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17695
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1036, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 1637, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+6DF8

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 淸 – see 清 (“clear; limpid; clean; unstained; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 清).

Japanese

Shinjitai

清

Kyūjitai

淸

Kanji

淸

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 清)

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Readings

  • Go-on: しょう (shō)
  • Kan-on: せい (sei)
  • Kun: きよい (kiyoi, 淸い)、きよめる (kiyomeru, 淸める)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 淸. Recorded as Middle Korean 清/쳐ᇰ (chyeng) (Yale: chyeng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

淸 (eumhun 맑을 청 (malgeul cheong))

  1. hanja form? of 청 (“clear, clean”)
  2. hanja form? of 청 (“Qing dynasty”)

Compounds

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
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