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晴

clear up
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingセイ
Kun readingは.れる、は.れ、は.れ-、-ば.れ、は.らす
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 2

Meanings

  1. clear upRtK
  1. to dispel
  2. to clear away
  3. to refresh (oneself)
  4. to accomplish a goal
  5. to make it sunny

Popular Usage

晴れ晴れる素晴らしい快晴

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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sun (日) · day (日) · blue · grow up · moon (月) · flesh (月)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1658

Compound words

晴れはれ
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; public
晴れるはれる
to clear up; to clear away; to be sunny; to stop raining; to refresh (e.g. spirits)
素晴らしいすばらしい
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
快晴かいせい
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
晴れ着はれぎ
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
晴天せいてん
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
晴らすはらす
to dispel; to clear away; to refresh (oneself); to accomplish a goal; to make it sunny
秋晴れあきばれ
clear autumnal weather
気晴らしきばらし
recreation; diversion; relaxation
見晴らしみはらし
(scenic) view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook
見晴らすみはらす
to command a view; to look out over (onto, across, etc.); to overlook
陰晴いんせい
unsettled (fine and cloudy) weather
晴雨せいう
(clear or rainy) weather
晴曇せいどん
fine weather and cloudy weather
晴朗せいろう
clear
気晴しきばらし
recreation
見晴しみはらし
(scenic) view
見晴すみはらす
to command a view
五月晴さつきばれ
fine weather during the rainy season
夕晴れゆうばれ
a clear evening
五月晴れさつきばれ
fine weather during the rainy season
皐月晴れさつきばれ
fine weather during the rainy season
晴耕雨読せいこううどく
working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather
梅雨晴れつゆばれ
sunny spell during rainy season

Kun Reading Examples

タワーからは眼下に平野が見晴らせる。みはらす
From the tower you can look out across the plain spread beneath your eyes.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は父の死の恨みを晴らした。
He avenged his father's death.tatoeba
彼は素晴らしい選手です。
He is a good athlete.tatoeba
彼は音楽の素晴らしい才能をもっている。
He has a remarkable aptitude for music.tatoeba
彼はある晴れた日に日本を去った。
He left Japan on a fine day.tatoeba
晴れ着、フォーマル
Haregi or Formal Clothingwiki
どんど晴れ - 2007年4月
Dondo-hare (April 2007)wiki
傷を調べ勘平の無実が晴れるのはそのあとである。
The wound on his father-in-law is checked and then Kanpei is cleared of suspicion.wiki
会稽山の故事を謡いつつ、頼朝の疑いが晴れることを願う舞である。
She dances while recalling the historical event of Mt. Huiji in China, wishing to be cleared of Yoritomo's suspicion.wiki

Stroke Order

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