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Kanji Detail for 清 - "clear, pure, clean"
清
- Meaning
清 means "clear, pure, clean."
Clear - Pure; clean.
Pure - Free from contamination.
Fresh - Clean and refreshing.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
pure; purify; cleanse; exorcise; Manchu dynasty
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
clear, pure, clean; peaceful
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644–1911); surname Qing
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
clean, pure; clear, distinct; peaceful
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The opposite of muddy. Water without sediment or turbidity is called 清 (clear). | Clean. As in disdaining to do unclean things is called 清白. All terms like 清操, 清節 have this meaning. | To arrange is called 清. As in 清釐 (to sort out), 清理 (to arrange). | Having the meaning of being simple and few. As in "government is simple, punishments are few" (政簡刑清). | Having the meaning of empty. As in 太清 is like saying 太虛, 太空, meaning heaven. | Having the meaning of conclusion. As in accounts being 清訖 (cleared). | Name of a dynasty. Qing Emperor Shizu Fulin entered and occupied China from Manchuria. Until the Xuantong emperor abdicated, there were ten emperors over 267 years. | [Character explanation] The lower right is from 丹 of "vermilion and blue" (丹青).
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Sentences including 清
Are your hands clean?
The japanese are a very clean people.
She always keeps her hair clean.
Keep your room clean.
His room is kept clean by her.
If i pay you a dollar , we'll be even.
心を清める。
Purification of the mind.
He always keeps his room clean.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
彼らはここで茶を飲み、ここで休息する外に、ここで海水着を洗濯させたり、ここで鹹はゆい身体を清めたり、ここへ帽子や傘を預けたりするのである。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
模様の織り出された厚い糊の硬い卓布が美しくかつ清らかに電燈の光を射返していた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私はこの公認された事実を勝手に布衍しているかも知れないが、始終接触して親しくなり過ぎた男女の間には、恋に必要な刺戟の起る清新な感じが失われてしまうように考えています。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
主人は何でも日清戦争の時か何かに死んだのだと上さんがいいました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私はこの公認された事実を勝手に布衍しているかも知れないが、始終接触して親しくなり過ぎた男女の間には、恋に必要な刺戟の起る清新な感じが失われてしまうように考えています。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
主人は何でも日清戦争の時か何かに死んだのだと上さんがいいました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha