Read Edit View history Discussion 清 qīng HSK2 clear Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 青 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas qīng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 氵 is a component form of 水. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 清 Simp strokes 清 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 清 Simp strokes 清 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 清 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 193, 756 ], [ 283, 699 ], [ 310, 656 ] ], [ [ 117, 539 ], [ 195, 486 ], [ 219, 455 ] ], [ [ 187, 38 ], [ 173, 81 ], [ 173, 115 ], [ 316, 390 ] ], [ [ 442, 699 ], [ 504, 693 ], [ 633, 717 ], [ 711, 739 ], [ 737, 742 ], [ 763, 736 ] ], [ [ 457, 589 ], [ 485, 583 ], [ 527, 585 ], [ 696, 622 ], [ 739, 619 ] ], [ [ 561, 850 ], [ 594, 825 ], [ 605, 803 ], [ 594, 533 ], [ 579, 512 ] ], [ [ 338, 460 ], [ 393, 454 ], [ 632, 499 ], [ 867, 528 ], [ 937, 511 ] ], [ [ 452, 396 ], [ 480, 370 ], [ 484, 335 ], [ 470, 129 ], [ 449, 41 ], [ 447, 0 ] ], [ [ 511, 380 ], [ 527, 375 ], 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