This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: セイ、ショウ、シン、きよ.い、きよ.まる、きよ.める
Romaji: sei, shō, shin, kiyo.i, kiyo.maru, kiyo.meru
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: あき、さや、し、すが、すみ、せ、ちん
Romaji: aki, saya, shi, suga, sumi, se, chin
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Meanings

pure, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu dynasty

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  85
Frequency:  705
Grade:  4
Skip Pattern:  1-3-8
Korean Reading:  cheong
Chinese Reading:  qing1
Unicode:  6e05
JIS:  4036

Indexes

Halpern Index: 523
Nelson Index: 2605
New Nelson Index: 3205
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3a8.18
Four Corner Index: 3512.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 517
Gakken Index: 509
Japanese Names Index: 1342
Daikanwanjiten Index: 17695P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0081
Remembering the kanji Index: 1539
Kanji Flashcards Index: 692
Kodansha Compact Index: 1213
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 547
Kanji in Context Index: 754
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 384
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 479
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1553
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1659
Essential Kanji Index: 654
Kodansha Kanji Index: 635
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 346
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 440
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 569

Words

(さや)
clearly; brightly; cleanly; purely
清水 (しみず、せいすい、きよみず)
spring water; clear (pure) water
粛清 (しゅくせい)
(political) purge
清算 (せいさん)
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; clearing debts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with); burying (the past); redeeming (one's faults)
清和 (せいわ)
season when the sky is clear and the air warm (spring); first ten days of the fourth lunar month
(しん)
Qing (dynasty of China, 1616-1912); Ch'ing
清掃 (せいそう)
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
清朝 (しんちょう)
Qing Dynasty; Ch'ing Dynasty; Manchu Dynasty
清国 (しんこく)
China under the Manchus
平清盛 (たいらのきよもり)
Kiyomori (shogun)
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