澄 — lucidity, be clear, clear

すむ澄 lucidity

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 15 strokes

U+6F84 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1722 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1839 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

lucidity
be clear
clear
clarify
settle
strain
look grave

word

す su Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

澄(す) む sumu to become clear

すみ sumi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

澄(すみ) sumi clarity

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

氵 water (left form)

のぼる登 ascend

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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