静 — kanji meaning “quiet”
静
quiet
- Meanings
- quiet
- On'yomi
- セイ (sei)、ジョウ (jou)
- Kun'yomi
- しず-、しず.か、しず.まる、しず.める
- Name readings
- しづ
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #764 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 174
- Chinese reading
- jìng — Chinese character page
Words with 静
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 静か | しずか shizuka | quiet; silent |
| 冷静 | れいせい reisei | calmness; composure; coolness |
| 静止 | せいし seishi | stillness; rest; being stationary |
| 安静 | あんせい ansei | rest; quiet; repose |
| 静寂 | せいじゃく seijaku | silence; stillness; quietness |
| 動静 | どうせい dousei | state (of affairs); condition; developments |
| 静脈 | じょうみゃく joumyaku | vein |
| 静岡 | しずおか shizuoka | Shizuoka (city, prefecture) |
| 沈静 | ちんせい chinsei | settling down; quieting down; cooling down |
| 閑静 | かんせい kansei | quiet (e.g. neighbourhood); peaceful; tranquil |
| 静物 | せいぶつ seibutsu | still object; object at rest |
| 静める | しずめる shizumeru | to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to make quiet |
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