清

清 U+6E05, 清 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E05 ← 渄 [U+6E04] CJK Unified Ideographs 渆 → [U+6E06]

Stroke order

Stroke order (Japan)

The character present in the Kangxi dictionary is 淸 (U+6DF8), which is also the form used in Korea.

清 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水手一月 (EQMB), four-corner 3512₇, composition ⿰氵青(GHTJV))

• 蔳, 𢴆, 𤂅, 𪸃, 𬈚, 𬈴, 𤄯, 𠑴

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 633, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17695
• Dae Jaweon: page 1038, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1637, character 11
• Unihan data for U+6E05

trad.		清/淸
simp.		清
2nd round simp.		𰛓
alternative forms		𠗜 𨓽

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰleŋ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t)s(j)aŋ (“clear; pure; clean”); cognate with Tibetan གཙང (gtsang, “clean; pure”), Mizo thiang (“to be clear; to be clean; to be pure”), Southern Qiang ɕó, Drung cangma (“clean”), Burmese စင် (cang, “clean, pure”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

Within Chinese, cognate with 淨 (OC *zeŋs, “clean”), 醒 (OC *seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs, “to wake up; to become sober”), and allofamic with 星 (OC *sleːŋ, “star”), 晴 (OC *zleŋ, “(of weather) clear; fine”); possibly also related to 靜 (OC *zleŋʔ, “quiet”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Perhaps an areal word; compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *caŋ (“to glitter”) (Schuessler, 2007).

清

1. clear; limpid
2. clean; unstained
3. pure; unmixed
4. distinct; clear; apparent
5. fair and honest; upright
6. quiet; still
7. (phonetics) unaspirated
8. to clear (throat, etc.); to clean
9. to settle; to sort out
10. (～朝) the Qing (Ching) dynasty (Manchu) (1644-1911)
11. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Gan, Xiang, Eastern Min, of liquids) dilute, thin
12. a surname

• (the Qing dynasty):

• (dilute, thin):

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周／东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
			Warring States period 戰國／战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢／汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 C.E.	Western Han 西漢／西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢／东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國／三国	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏
		Shu Han 蜀漢／蜀汉
		Wu 吳／吴
Jin 晉／晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西晉／西晋
		Eastern Jin 東晉／东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 C.E.	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏／东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊／北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋／刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊／南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳／陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國／五代十国	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼／辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北宋
		Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼／西辽	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 C.E.

• → English: Ching, Cing, Qing

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02224

Rebracketing of the reading of Ching, which is a nonstandard romanisation of 師兄／师兄 (si¹ hing¹).

清

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, leetspeak) Synonym of 師兄／师兄 (si¹ hing¹)

Shinjitai	清
Kyūjitai	淸

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 淸)

1. clear
2. clarity
3. refreshing
4. clean, pure
5. Qing dynasty

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō ^†)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
• Tō-on: しん (shin)
• Kun: きよい (kiyoi, 清い, Jōyō)、きよめる (kiyomeru, 清める, Jōyō)、きよまる (kiyomaru, 清まる, Jōyō)、きよらか (kiyoraka, 清らか)、さやか (sayaka, 清か)、すむ (sumu, 清む)
• Nanori: あき (aki)、いさみ (isami)、きよ (kiyo)、きよし (kiyoshi)、さや (saya)、し (shi)、すが (suga)、すがし (sugashi)、すず (suzu)、すみ (sumi)、せ (se)

Kanji in this term
清
しん Grade: 4
tōon

Alternative spelling
淸 (kyūjitai)

Borrowing from Mandarin Chinese 清 (qīng, literally “bright, clear”).

清(しん) • (Shin) 

1. the Qing dynasty (1616–1912)
2. a place name (clarification of this definition is needed)

Kanji in this term
清
せい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
淸 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 清 (MC tshjeng).

清(せい) • (Sei) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname

Kanji in this term
清
さや Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
淸 (kyūjitai) 明

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

Stem of 清か (sayaka, “bright, clear”).

Cognate with 冴える (saeru).^[1]

清(さや) • (saya) 

1. brightly, clearly, vividly
2. cleanly, freshly, purely
3. rustlingly

• Usually takes the particle に (ni).

• さやか (sayaka)

清(さや) • (Saya) 

1. a female given name

Kanji in this term
清
さやか Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
淸 (kyūjitai)

Nominalization of 清か (sayaka, “bright, clear”).

清(さやか) • (Sayaka) 

1. a female given name

Kanji in this term
清
きよし Grade: 4
nanori

Alternative spelling
淸 (kyūjitai)

From classical adjective 清し (kiyoshi), modern 清い (kiyoi, “clear”).

清(きよし) • (Kiyoshi) 

1. a surname
2. a unisex given name

清 (eumhun 맑을 청 (malgeul cheong))

1. Alternative form of 淸

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

• Kun: すーらせん (suurasen, 清ーらせん)

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

• On (unclassified): しー (shī)
• Kun: ちゅらさん (churasan, 清らさん)

• 清(しー)明(みー) (shīmī)

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

• Kun: きゅらさい (kyurasai, 清らさい)

清: Hán Nôm readings: thanh, thảnh, thênh, thinh

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