Japanese symbol for “redeeming”
清算
せいさん
Romaji: seisan
(financial) settlement; squaring accounts; clearing debts
In Japanese, redeeming is 清算, read せいさん (seisan).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt (financial) settlement; squaring accounts; clearing debts
- n, vs, vt liquidation
- n, vs, vt ending (a relationship); breaking up (with); burying (the past); redeeming (one's faults)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 清掃 | せいそう seisou | cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection |
| 清潔 | せいけつ seiketsu | clean; hygienic; sanitary |
| 粛清 | しゅくせい shukusei | (political) purge |
| 清らか | きよらか kiyoraka | clean; clear |
| 清浄 | せいじょう seijou | pure; clean; purity |
| 計算 | けいさん keisan | calculation; computation; reckoning |
| 予算 | よさん yosan | estimate (of costs); budget |
| 決算 | けっさん kessan | settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.