浄
浄 — Clean
clean, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu Dynasty
On’yomiジョウ (jou)
On’yomiセイ (sei)
Kun’yomiきよめる (kiyomeru)
Kun’yomiきよい (kiyoi)
Stroke order (9 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 浄
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浄化 | じょうか jouka | purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge |
| 洗浄 | せんじょう senjou | washing; cleansing; cleaning |
| 浄水 | じょうすい jousui | clean water; purified water |
| 自浄 | じじょう jijou | self-purification; self-cleansing |
| 浄土 | じょうど joudo | pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism |
| 清浄 | せいじょう seijou | pure; clean; purity |
Study notes
浄 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1383 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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