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Kanji Detail for 浄 - "pure, to clean, to purify"

  • Meaning

    浄 means "pure, to clean, to purify."

    1. Pure - Free from contamination.

    2. Clean - Free from dirt.

    3. Cleanse - To make pure.

  • Words using

    • 浄化 じょうか Listen purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
    • 洗浄 せんじょう Listen washing; cleansing; cleaning
    • 浄水 じょうすい Listen clean water; purified water
    • 自浄 じじょう Listen self-purification; self-cleansing
    • 浄化槽 じょうかそう Listen water-purification tank; septic tank
    • 浄土真宗 じょうどしんしゅう Listen Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School
    • 浄土 じょうど Listen pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism
    • 清浄 せいじょう Listen pure; clean; purity
  • Four-character idioms with

    • 六根清浄 ろっこんしょうじょう Listen purification of the six roots of perception
    • 寂光浄土 じゃっこうじょうど Listen paradise
    • 明窓浄机 めいそうじょうき Listen dustless desk by a well-lit window; well-lit and clean study conducive to learning
    • 極楽浄土 ごくらくじょうど Listen Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati
    • 欣求浄土 ごんぐじょうど Listen seeking rebirth in the Pure Land
    • 清浄潔白 せいじょうけっぱく Listen upright and clean-handed; pure in heart and with a clean conscience
  • Tattoo check:

    • Verified meaning: pure, to clean, to purify
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きよい, きよし, きよみ, きよむ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of

    Given names (きよい)Listen (きよし)Listen (きよみ)Listen (きよむ)Listen (きよら)Listen (じょう)Listen

    Surnames (じょうじ)Listen (じょうほう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    clean; purify; cleanse; exorcise; Manchu Dynasty

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    pure, clean, unspoiled

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 淨|净
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

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  • Radical

    tip
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