The kanji 澄: meaning, readings and stroke order
澄
- Meaning
- clear
- On reading
- チョウ chou
- Kun reading
- す(む) sumu、す(ます) sumasu
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 水 water
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- trong, trong vắt (trừng)
- Japanese
- すむ。にごりが ない。
- Korean
- 맑다 (징)
- Chinese
- 清澈
Readings, words and example sentences
チョウ chou · on reading · less common
清澄
clear and clean
清澄な 空気を すいます。
I breathe the clean, clear air.
す(む) sumu · kun reading
澄む
to be clear (water, air, sound)
山の 水は 澄んで います。
The water in the mountains is clear.
す(ます) sumasu · kun reading · less common
澄ます
to strain (one's ears), to listen closely
耳を 澄まして 聞きます。
I listen closely.
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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.