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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- qing1
- English meanings
- pure, clean, fresh, cool, lonely, poor
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 氵; right 青.
Meaning & sound clues
氵 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “water”.
青 is identified as the sound component (qīng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 清.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
incline; pour
celebrate; congratulate
mood
lift; raise
clear
hydrogen
engage
light; gentle
easy
blue
area unit; just now
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 清凉
- 清单
- 清新
- 清明
- 清明节
- 清晨
- 清晰
- 清楚
- 清洁
- 清洁工
- 清洗
- 清淡
- 清理
- 清真寺
- 清脆
- 清醒
- 清除
- 清静
- 澄清