淸

See also: 清

淸 U+6DF8, 淸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DF8 ← 混 [U+6DF7] CJK Unified Ideographs 淹 → [U+6DF9]

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

• 𭲕, 𮆆, 𰍠, 𠑴

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

Wikisource

淸 (eumhun 맑을 청 (malgeul cheong))

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

Compounds

Compounds

• 대청국(大淸國) (Daecheongguk, “Qing dynasty”)
• 청렴(淸廉) (cheongnyeom, “honesty, uncorruptedness, integrity”)
• 청신(淸新) (cheongsin, “fresh, refreshing”)
• 청주(淸酒) (cheongju, “Korean saké”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]