清qīng
clear (of water). 11 strokes, radical 氵, first met in HSK 2.
How to write 清
Strokes 1–3 write 氵, then strokes 4–11 write 青.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 清 · the stroke-order rules
What 清 is made of
氵 (shuǐ, water) and 青 (qīng, nature's color).
氵 carries the meaning — water — and 青 carries the sound.
Words that use 清
| 清 | clear (of water) 指水没有杂质、透亮 一位清洁工亲眼看见河水变浑。A few days later the water turned clear again. Lesson 631, 河水复清 · 法安天下与正气长存 · Judicial Justice & Principled Restraint |
| 清楚 | clear 明白、容易理解，没有疑惑 考试时他的思路分外清楚。During the exam, his thinking was especially clear. Lesson 60, 晴天 · 浮瓜沉李与岁序更迭 · Seasonal Nuance, Festive Refreshments & Civic Enterprise |
| 清醒 | clear-headed, sober 头脑十分明白，没有糊涂 面对期限，大家保持清醒。Facing the deadline, everyone stayed clear-headed. Lesson 324, 执手相伴与人间至味 · 宏图展卷与韶华筑基 · Harbor Reunions, Energy Highways & Corporate Frontiers |
| 清晨 | early morning 指天刚亮的一段时间 清晨天空晴朗一片澄澈。Early morning, the sky was clear and bright. Lesson 471, 朗晨规治 · 勤敏笃学与惠泽人间 · Industrious Culture & Altruistic Humanity |
| 清理 | to clean up, clear out 指把杂乱的东西整理干净 志愿者将堆积垃圾清理干净。The volunteers cleared out the piled-up trash. Lesson 471, 朗晨规治 · 勤敏笃学与惠泽人间 · Industrious Culture & Altruistic Humanity |
| 清洗 | to wash out, rinse 指用水洗干净 大家倾向于先做清洗，河道很快恢复了清洁。Everyone leaned towards washing it out first. Lesson 631, 河水复清 · 法安天下与正气长存 · Judicial Justice & Principled Restraint |
| 清洁 | clean, cleanliness 指没有脏东西 一位清洁工亲眼看见河水变浑。The channel soon returned to cleanliness. Lesson 631, 河水复清 · 法安天下与正气长存 · Judicial Justice & Principled Restraint |
| 清明节 | Qingming Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day 指春季扫墓祭祖的节日 清明节前后，一位清洁工亲眼看见河水变浑。Around the Qingming Festival, a cleaner saw the river turn muddy. Lesson 631, 河水复清 · 法安天下与正气长存 · Judicial Justice & Principled Restraint |
| 清洁工 | cleaner, street cleaner 指从事保洁工作的人 一位清洁工亲眼看见河水变浑。A cleaner noticed that the river had turned muddy. Lesson 631, 河水复清 · 法安天下与正气长存 · Judicial Justice & Principled Restraint |
Characters that share the sound part 青
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 氵
All 76 of them, and what the radical means, on the 氵 radical page.