Kanji1 / 11
清 kanji
pure, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu dynasty
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
セイショウシン
Kun readings
きよいきよまるきよめる
Words with 清
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —清浄潔白upright and clean-handed; pure in heart and with a clean conscience
- —清風明月refreshing breeze and the bright moon; a beautiful nocturnal scene with a full moon
- —百年河清waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear; waiting in vain for an unlikely event; waiting for pigs to fly; when the sky falls, we shall catch larks
- —無垢清浄pure and innocent; immaculate
- —和敬清寂harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony
- —血清診断serodiagnosis
- —自家血清autologous serum
- —清算法人corporation in liquidation
- —清掃用具cleaning utensils
- —清掃会社cleaning company
- —血清濃度serum concentration
- —忠清北道Chungcheongbuk-do (South Korea); North Chungcheong Province
- —忠清南道Chungcheongnam-do (South Korea); South Chungcheong Province
- —清掃工場garbage processing plant; waste incineration plant
- —特殊清掃special cleaning and disinfection (esp. after an accident or death); biohazard cleanup; crime scene cleanup
- —刻露清秀clean and refreshing scenery of autumn
- —清華大学Tsinghua University
- —清和大学Seiwa University
- —清涼菓子refreshing candy (usu. containing mint or menthol)
- —清涼飲料水soft drink