清 qīng clear; distinct

Made up of [氵 shuǐ water radical 85, 青 qīng green; blue radical 174]
Made with 11 strokes.
The water radical gives idea of transparent while 'qing - green' gives the phonetic

Related characters


Also uses 氵 shuǐ component: 波 bō (wave) 法 fǎ (law) 港 gǎng (harbor) 海 hǎi (sea) 汗 hàn (perspiration) 汉 hàn (chinese) 河 hé (river) 洪 hóng (flood) 湖 hú (lake) 活 huó (to live) 济 jì (to cross a river) 江 jiāng (river) 津 jīn (ferry crossing) 酒 jiǔ (wine) 满 mǎn (to fill) 没 méi (have not) 泡 pào (bubble) 汽 qì (steam) 浅 qiǎn (shallow) 涉 shè (to wade) 洗 xǐ (to wash) 演 yǎn (to develop) 渔 yú (fishing) 泽 zé (pool) 治 zhì (to rule) 洲 zhōu (region)
Also uses 青 qīng component: 精 jīng (refined) 睛 jīng (eye) 请 qǐng (please) 情 qíng (affection) 晴 qíng (clear sky)

Sounds same

青 qīng (green)

Different tone

情 qíng (affection) 晴 qíng (clear sky) 请 qǐng (please) 庆 qìng (celebrate)

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Pronunciation

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Proverbs

当局者迷,旁观者清 dāng jú zhě mí, páng guān zhě qīng If too closely involved may not see all the issues involved

Also

清明节 Qīngmíngjié Qingming Festival