清 (qīng)
Clear; distinct; to clear up.
How 清 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Traditional
- 清
- Simplified
- 清 (unchanged)
Components
- 氵 water
- 青 green/blue
Common words using 清
- 清新 qīngxīn
- Qingxin county in Qingyuan 清远, Guangdong
- 清早 qīngzǎo
- first thing in the morning; at daybreak
- 清晨 qīngchén
- early morning
- 清晰 qīngxī
- clear; distinct
- 清楚 qīngchu
- clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly
- 清醒 qīngxǐng
- clear-headed; sober; awake
- 高清 gāoqīng
- high definition (photo, audio or television)
- 冷冷清清 lěnglěngqīngqīng
- deserted; desolate; unfrequented
- 冷清 lěngqīng
- cold and cheerless; fig. lonely; unfrequented
- 分清 fēnqīng
- to distinguish (between different things); to make distinctions clear
- 大清早 dàqīngzǎo
- early in the morning
- 模糊不清 móhubùqīng
- indistinct; fuzzy; blurred with age
清 in a sentence
這條河的水非常清澈，可以看到底下的魚。
Zhè tiáo hé de shuǐ fēicháng qīngchè, kěyǐ kàndào dǐxià de yú.
“The water in this river is very clear; you can see the fish at the bottom.”
How common is 清?
清 is the 335th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 67.1% of all running text.
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