Moto 清: Pure; Purify; CleanseKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- セイ、ショウ、シン
- Kun'yomi
- きよ(い)、きよ(まる)、きよ(める)
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 177 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (セイ・ショウ・シン)
- 清算せいさんsettlement (financial); squaring accounts
- 清掃せいそうcleaning; clean-up
- 清潔せいけつclean; hygienic
- 清新せいしんfresh; new
- 清涼せいりょうcool; refreshing
- 清流せいりゅうclear stream
- 清酒せいしゅrefined sake
- 清貧せいひんhonourable poverty; honorable poverty
- 清浄せいじょうpure; clean
- 清廉せいれんhonesty; integrity
- 清明せいめいpure and clear
- 清書せいしょfair copy; clean copy
- 清朝しんちょうQing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty
- 清楚せいそneat and clean; tidy
- 清涼飲料水せいりょういんりょうすいsoft drink
- 清澄せいちょうclear; serene
- 清純せいじゅんpurity; innocence
- 清風せいふうbreath of fresh air; cool (refreshing) breeze
- 粛清しゅくせい(political) purge
- 血清けっせいserum; blood serum
- 乳清にゅうせいwhey
- 免疫血清めんえきけっせいimmune serum
- 六根清浄ろっこんしょうじょうpurification of the six roots of perception
- 北清事変ほくしんじへんNorth China Incident; Boxer Uprising
- 口中清涼剤こうちゅうせいりょうざいmouth freshener; oral deodorant
- 和敬清寂わけいせいじゃくharmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony
- 大清帝国だいしんていこくGreat Qing Empire (China, 1644-1912); Qing dynasty
- 廓清かくせいpurification; cleaning up
- 抗血清こうけっせいantiserum
- 日清にっしんFirst Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
- 日清修好条規にっしんしゅうこうじょうきSino-Japanese Amity Treaty (1871)
- 日清戦争にっしんせんそうFirst Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
- 日清戦役にっしんせんえきFirst Sino-Japanese war (1894-5)
- 日清通商航海条約にっしんつうしょうこうかいじょうやくSino-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation (1896)
- 明清楽みんしんがくMing and Qing-era Chinese music (as popularized in Japan before the First Sino-Japanese war)
- 東清とうしんEastern China
- 河清かせいclearing of the river water
- 清しんQing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 清いきよいclear; pure
- 清らかきよらかclean; pure
- 心が清まるこころがきよまるto feel purified
- 心清しこころきよしpure heart; heart free of evil
- 払い清めるはらいきよめるto purify; to exorcise
- 掃き清めるはききよめるto sweep clean; to brush clean
- 水清ければ魚棲まずみずきよければうおすまずbeing too morally upright will not earn you friends; fish will not live in water that is too clean
- 洗い清めるあらいきよめるto wash clean; to cleanse
- 清い愛きよいあいpure love; platonic love
Other readings
- 清々しいすがすがしいrefreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk
- お清ましおすましprimness; prim person
- お清汁おすましprimness; prim person
- 岩垣清水いわがきしみずwater emerging from a stone wall
- 岩清水いわしみずwater trickling from rocks
- 平清盛たいらのきよもりKiyomori (shogun)
- 御清ましおすましprimness; prim person
- 忠清北道チュンチョンプクトChungcheongbuk-do (South Korea); North Chungcheong Province
- 忠清南道チュンチョンナムドChungcheongnam-do (South Korea); South Chungcheong Province
- 清々せいせいfeeling refreshed; feeling relieved
- 清かさやかclear; fresh
- 清しすましprimness; prim person
- 清し汁すましじるclear soup
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