清

Meaning

清 centers on clarity and cleanliness: something pure, free of impurity, or ritually cleansed. The Manchu dynasty name is a historical application of the same idea of purity.

• 清水しみず

  spring water

• 清しん

  Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty

• 清掃せいそう
  N2

  cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging

• 清楚せいそ

  neat and clean; tidy; trim

• 清潔せいけつ
  N3

  clean; hygienic; sanitary

• 清算せいさん
  N1

  (financial) settlement; squaring accounts; clearing debts

• 粛清しゅくせい

  (political) purge

• 清いきよい
  N2

  clean; clear

• 清浄せいじょう

  pure; clean; purity

• 清々しいすがすがしい
  N2

  refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed

• 清純せいじゅん
  N1

  purity; innocence

• 血清けっせい

  serum; blood serum

• 清めるきよめる

  to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off

• 清らかきよらか
  N1

  clean; clear

• 清和せいわ

  season when the sky is clear and the air warm (spring)

• 清涼せいりょう

  cool; refreshing

• 清美せいび

  pure and beautiful

• 清流せいりゅう

  clear stream

• 清酒せいしゅ

  refined sake

• 清廉せいれん

  honest; upright; cleanhanded; unselfish

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