晴 qíng clear sky; sunny
Made up of [日 rì sun; day radical 72, 青 qīng green; blue radical 174]Similar looking characters : 请 qǐng (please)
Made with 12 strokes.
The sun radical suggests it is to do with the sky, the qing -green component as well as giving the phonetic also suggests the color as qing originally described both blue and green
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Also uses 日 rì component: 白 bái (bright) 曾 céng (once) 昌 chāng (prosperous) 春 chūn (spring) 旦 dàn (dawn) 婚 hūn (to marry) 间 jiàn (gap) 间 jiān (between) 景 jǐng (bright) 旧 jiù (old) 明 míng (bright) 莫 mò (do not) 普 pǔ (general) 是 shì (is) 时 shí (time) 暑 shǔ (heat) 晚 wǎn (evening) 香 xiāng (fragrant) 星 xīng (star) 阳 yáng (yang) 易 yì (easy) 音 yīn (sound) 影 yǐng (picture) 早 zǎo (early) 照 zhào (according to) 者 zhě (in process of) 桌 zhuō (table) 最 zuì (most) 昨 zuó (previous)
Also uses 青 qīng component: 精 jīng (refined) 睛 jīng (eye) 请 qǐng (please) 情 qíng (affection) 清 qīng (clear)
Sounds same
情 qíng (affection)Different tone
青 qīng (green) 清 qīng (clear) 请 qǐng (please) 庆 qìng (celebrate)Pronunciation
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