Hanja Analyzer
青

青 — cheong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

This is the Japanese glyph form. The Korean form is 靑.

Korean reading
푸를 청
Romanization
cheong
English
blue, green; young; Kangxi radical 174
Mandarin
qīng
Japanese on'yomi
セイ, ショウ, チン
Japanese kun'yomi
あお あお- あお.い
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 1
Newspaper frequency
#589 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
靑 (174, 0 residual)
Phonetic component
靑
Unicode
U+9752

Parts that make up 青

  • 龶 획을 겹쳐 이룬 윗머리뜻 없이 글자의 윗머리를 이룬다
  • 月 달 월 이지러진 달달과 때. 肉 이 왼쪽·아래에 올 때와 모양이 같다

How 青 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 青 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 生, 井.

Japanese words with 青

  • 青あお blue; azure; green
  • 青年せいねん youth; young man
  • 青山せいざん lush mountain; green mountain; grave
  • 青木あおき Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica); spotted laurel; lush, green tree
  • 青春せいしゅん youth; adolescence; springtime of life
  • 青少年せいしょうねん young people (ages 12 to 25); youth; the younger generation
  • 青空あおぞら blue sky
  • 青葉あおば fresh leaves
  • 青写真あおじゃしん blueprint; cyanotype; blueprint (for the future)
  • 青果せいか fruits and vegetables; produce
  • 青梅あおうめ unripe plum
  • 青柳あおやぎ green willow (i.e. one that has budded); meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)

Characters sharing the phonetic 靑

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “청”

Other hanja with radical 靑

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