静 — quiet, still, calm
しずか
静
quiet
Grade 4
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
14 strokes
U+9759
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #764
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1542
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Meanings
- quiet
- still
- calm
word
しずか shizuka 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).
しず shizu 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).
せい sei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Components
Composed of
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 青 (sei, blue-green) provides the phonetic element. The left side (争, contend, negated) means absence of strife — quiet, still, calm.