静 — quiet, still, calm
しずか
静
quiet
しずか
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.
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Meanings
- quiet
- still
- calm
Readings
- On'yomi
- せい sei じょう jou
- Kun'yomi
- しず shizu
word
しずか shizuka
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).
Words by frequency and grade
15 wordsEach dot is a word containing 静: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 9 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Components
Composed of
あおい
青
blue
#174
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.