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clean

Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingジョウ、セイ

Kun readingきよ.める、きよ.い

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

cleanRtK
山中では空気はとても清浄だ。The air is very pure in the mountains.tatoeba
くれぐれも浄水器の悪質訪問販売業者や無料点検商法にはご注意ください。Please exercise every caution against cowboy salesmen of water purifiers and fraudulent-test sales.tatoeba
purify
cleanse
包帯をする前に彼は傷を洗浄した。He cleansed the wound before putting on a bandage.tatoeba
exorcise
manchu Dynasty

purification
cleanup (e.g. of politics)
purge

Radicals and components

Radical水water 氵variant 氺variant

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · contend · bound up (乙) · rake

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1239

Compound words

浄土真宗じょうどしんしゅう

Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School

温水洗浄便座おんすいせんじょうべんざ

bidet toilet with a heated water function; warm-water washlet

浄化じょうか

purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge

浄水じょうすい

clean water; purified water

浄土じょうど

pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism

清浄せいじょう

pure; clean; purity

洗浄せんじょう

washing; cleansing; cleaning; laundering; cleansing (one's mind and body)

不浄ふじょう

unclean; dirty; impure; bathroom; toilet (room)

自浄じじょう

self-purification; self-cleansing

浄化槽じょうかそう

water-purification tank; septic tank

洗浄剤せんじょうざい

detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material

浄いきよい

浄めきよめ

異洗浄いせんじょう

stomach pumping

胃洗浄いせんじょう

stomach pumping

浄水器じょうすいき

浄水場じょうすいじょう

water filtration plant

浄水地じょうすいち

(clean-water) reservoir

浄瑠璃じょうるり

浄玻璃じょうはり

欣求浄土ごんぐじょうど

seeking rebirth in the Pure Land

九品浄土くほんじょうど

Amitabha's Pure Land (composed of nine levels)

苦海浄土くかいじょうど

Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow: Our Minamata Disease (1960 semi-fictional novel by Michiko Ishimure)

操浄瑠璃あやつりじょうるり

Japanese puppet theatre

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 浄

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step