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浄 = 水 + 争
浄 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “clean”. It is built from 水 (water) and 争 (contend). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1239.
- Keyword
- clean
- RTK frame
- 1239
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ジョウ, セイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- きよ.める, きよ.い
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- чистить
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 浄 pure
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 浄 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “contend”. 浄 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 浄 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.