浄 — kanji meaning “clean”
浄
clean, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu Dynasty
- Meanings
- clean, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu Dynasty
- On'yomi
- ジョウ (jou)、セイ (sei)
- Kun'yomi
- きよ.める、きよ.い
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1383 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 85
- Chinese reading
- jìng
Words with 浄
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浄化 | じょうか jouka | purification |
| 洗浄 | せんじょう senjou | washing; cleansing; cleaning |
| 浄水 | じょうすい jousui | clean water; purified water |
| 清浄 | せいじょう seijou | pure; clean; purity |
| 不浄 | ふじょう fujou | unclean; dirty; impure |
| 浄土真宗 | じょうどしんしゅう joudoshinshuu | Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School |
| 浄土 | じょうど joudo | pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise |
| 自浄 | じじょう jijou | self-purification; self-cleansing |
| 浄化槽 | じょうかそう joukasou | water-purification tank |
| 浄土宗 | じょうどしゅう joudoshuu | Pure Land sect (of Buddhism); Jodo (sect) |
| 浄瑠璃 | じょうるり joururi | jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater) |
| 浄財 | じょうざい jouzai | monetary offering; donation |
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