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澄

澄 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「水」+音符「登」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

lucidity, be clear, clear, clarify, settle, strain, look grave

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チョウHS
Kun (native)
  • す(む)JHS
  • す(ます)JHS
  • 〜す(ます)JHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • きよ
  • すす
  • すみ
  • み
Other languages
  • 拼音cheng2
  • 拼音deng4
  • 한글jing
  • Hán-ViệtTrừng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6F84

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵登

Words using this kanji

  • 澄むすむすむを参照。to become clear (water, air, etc.), to become transparent, to resonate clearly (e.g. voice), to become serene
  • 澄み切るすみきるto be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.), to clear up
  • 澄ますすますto clear, to make clear, to be unruffled, to look unconcerned
  • 澄み切ったすみきったperfectly clear
  • 澄明ちょうめい気体や液体がにごりなく澄みきっていること。透明。clear and bright
  • 澄徹ちょうてつclearness (e.g. sky), transparency
  • 澄ましすましprimness, putting on airs, prim person, clear soup
  • 澄まし屋すましやa prim person
  • 澄み渡るすみわたるto be perfectly clear
  • 澄んだ水すんだみずlimpid water
  • 澄まし込むすましこむto put on airs, to affect (e.g. importance), to look wise
  • 澄ましバターすましバターclarified butter

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-12
Four Corner
3211.8
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3a12.11
Heisig
1839
Nelson
2699