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 (radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水手一月 (EQMB) or X水手一月 (XEQMB), composition ⿰氵靑)

Derived characters

• 𭲕, 𮆆

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 淸 – see 清 (“clear; limpid; clean; unstained; etc.”). (This character, 淸, is a variant form of 清.)

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Japanese

Kanji

淸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せい (sei); しょう (shō)
• Kun: きよい (kiyoi); きよめる (kiyomeru)

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 淸. Recorded as Middle Korean 清/쳐ᇰ (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

• 청주 (淸酒, cheongju, “Korean sake”)
• 청렴 (淸廉, cheongnyeom, “honesty; uncorruptedness; integrity”)
• 청나라 (淸나라, cheongnara, “Qing dynasty”) (more common)
• 대청국 (大淸國, daecheongguk, “Qing dynasty”)

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]