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The kanji 清: meaning, readings and stroke order
清
- Meaning
- clean, clear
- On reading
- セイ sei、ショウ* shou
- Kun reading
- きよ（い） kiyoi、きよ（まる） kiyomaru、きよ（める） kiyomeru
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 水 water
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- trong sạch, trong veo (thanh)
- Japanese
- きよい。すんで きれい。
- Korean
- 맑다, 깨끗하다 (청)
- Chinese
- 清澈、干净
Readings, words and example sentences
セイ sei · on reading
清流
clear stream
山の 清流で 泳ぎます。
I swim in a clear mountain stream.
きよ（い） kiyoi · kun reading
清い
clean, clear, pure
清い 水が 流れて います。
Clear water is flowing.
きよ（まる） kiyomaru · kun reading · less common
清まる
to become pure
心が 清まる 場所です。
This is a place where your heart feels pure.
きよ（める） kiyomeru · kun reading · less common
清める
to purify, to make clean
手を 清めてから 神社に 参ります。
I wash my hands clean before I visit the shrine.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
Practise writing 清 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 清 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 4 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.