淨

See also: 凈, 浄, and 净

Translingual

Traditional	淨
Shinjitai	浄
Simplified	净

Han character

淨 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水月尸木 (EBSD), four-corner 3215₇, composition ⿰氵爭)

Derived characters

• 𪸊

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 630, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17669
• Dae Jaweon: page 1033, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 1655, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6DE8

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Chinese

trad.		淨
simp.		净*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (爭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
琤	*sʰraːŋ, *sʰreːŋ
崢	*zraːŋ, *zreːŋ
鬇	*zraːŋ, *zreːŋ
爭	*ʔsreːŋ
箏	*ʔsreːŋ
猙	*ʔsreːŋ, *zeŋʔ
埩	*ʔsreːŋ, *zreːŋ
諍	*ʔsreːŋs
凈	*sʰreːŋ
錚	*sʰreːŋ
棦	*sʰreːŋ
竫	*zreŋʔ
睜	*zeŋʔ
淨	*zeŋs

Etymology 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 淨

1. pure; clean; unspoilt
2. (Cantonese) Short for 淨係／净系 (“only, merely”).

   • 係做木匠、在前開過一間細木舖、後來亦關唨咯、而家靜靠同人做工夫嚟過日子、 [Cantonese, trad.]
     系做木匠、在前开过一间细木铺、后来亦关唨咯、而家静靠同人做工夫嚟过日子、 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 粵音指南·上卷, 卷之一　應對須知

     hai⁶ zou⁶ muk⁶ zoeng^6-2, zoi⁶ cin⁴ hoi¹ gwo³ jat¹ gaan¹ sai³ muk⁶ pou^3-2, hau⁶ loi⁴ jik⁶ gwaan¹ zo² lo³, ji⁴ gaa¹ zing⁶ kaau³ tung⁴ jan⁴ zou⁶ gung¹ fu¹ lai⁴ gwo³ jat⁶ zi², [Jyutping]

     He used to work as a woodworker; he had operated a small wood shop, and later closed it as well; currently he only relies on working for other people to make a living.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 淨 – see 埩 (“moat around the gate of the capital of ancient state of Lu”). (This character is a variant form of 埩).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	浄
Kyūjitai	淨

Kanji

淨

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 浄)

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Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kun: きよい (kiyoi)

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Korean

Hanja

淨 • (jeong) (hangeul 정)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 淨 (gianh, tạnh, tĩnh, tịnh)

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