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澄 = 水 + 登
澄 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “lucidity”. It is built from 水 (water) and 登 (ascend). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1839.
- Keyword
- lucidity
- RTK frame
- 1839
- Strokes
- 15
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- チョウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- す.む, す.ます, -す.ます
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- ясность
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 澄 purify water by allowing sediment to settle
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 澄 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “ascend”. 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.