澄 = 氵 + 登

澄 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “purify water by allowing sediment to settle”. It is built from 氵 (water) and 登 (rise).

Keyword: purify water by allowing sediment to settle
Pinyin (Mandarin): chéng
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: очищать воду, позволяя осадку оседать
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 澄 lucidity

Decomposition

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氵 water
登 rise

How to find 澄 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “rise”. 澄 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 澄 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.