清

The character present in the Kangxi dictionary is 淸 (U+6DF8), which is also the form used in Korea.

清 (radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水手一月 (EQMB), four-corner 3512₇, composition ⿰氵青(GHTJV))

• 蔳, 𢴆, 𤂅, 𪸃, 𬈚, 𬈴, 𤄯, 𠑴

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 633, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17695
• Dae Jaweon: page 1038, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1637, character 11
• Unihan data for U+6E05

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰleŋ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t)s(j)aŋ (“clear; pure; clean”); cognate with Tibetan གཙང (gtsang, “clean; pure”), Mizo thiang (“to be clear; to be clean; to be pure”), Southern Qiang ɕó, Drung cangma (“clean”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

Perhaps an areal word; compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *caŋ (“to glitter”) (Schuessler, 2007).

清

1. clear; limpid
2. clean; unstained
3. pure; unmixed
4. distinct; clear; apparent
5. fair and honest; upright
6. quiet; still
7. (phonetics) unaspirated
8. to clear (throat, etc.); to clean
9. to settle; to sort out
10. (～朝) Qing dynasty
11. A surname​.

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. clear
2. refreshing
3. clean, pure
4. Qing dynasty

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō, uncommon)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
• Tō-on: しん (shin)
• Sō-on: ちん (chin)
• Kun: きよい (kiyoi, 清い, Jōyō); きよめる (kiyomeru, 清める, Jōyō); きよまる (kiyomaru, 清まる, Jōyō); さやか (sayaka, 清か)
• Nanori: あき (aki); いさみ (isami); きよ (kiyo); きよし (kiyoshi); さや (saya); し (shi); すが (suga); すがし (sugashi); すず (suzu); すみ (sumi); せ (se)

Borrowing from Mandarin Chinese 清 (qīng, literally “bright, clear”).

清 (hiragana しん, rōmaji Shin)

1. the Qing dynasty (1616-1912)
2. a place name

From Middle Chinese 清 (MC t͡sʰiᴇŋ).

清 (hiragana せい, rōmaji Sei)

1. a female given name
2. a surname

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

Stem of 清か (sayaka, “bright, clear”).

• 明

清 (hiragana さや, rōmaji saya)

1. brightly, clearly, vividly
2. cleanly, freshly, purely
3. rustlingly

• Usually takes the particle に (ni).

清 (hiragana さや, rōmaji Saya)

1. a female given name

Nominalization of 清か (sayaka, “bright, clear”).

清 (hiragana さやか, rōmaji Sayaka)

1. a female given name

From classical adjective 清し (kiyoshi), modern 清い (kiyoi, “clear”).

清 (hiragana きよし, rōmaji Kiyoshi)

1. a surname
2. a unisex given name

清 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng, Yale cheng)

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清

• Kun: すーらせん (清ーらせん, sūrasen)

清

• Kun: ちゅらさん (清らさん, churasan)

清

• Kun: きゅらさい (清らさい, kyurasai)

清 (Thanh)

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