Meaning & readings
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On’yomi セイ
Kun’yomi は.れる、は.れ、は.れ-、-ば.れ、は.らす
Nanori はる、はれ
Origin
The character 晴 combines the sun radical 日 on the left with 青 on the right, which serves as a sound hint for pronunciation rather than meaning. The sun component 日 directly relates to the character's meaning of clear skies and good weather, since sunny conditions produce clear days. When the sun shines brightly without clouds, the sky appears clear, so pairing the sun symbol with a sound element creates a character that both looks like what it means and sounds like its Chinese pronunciation.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).
Common words
- 快晴 かいせい clear weather; cloudless weather
- 晴れ はれ clear weather; fine weather
- 晴天 せいてん fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather
- 晴らす はらす to dispel; to clear away
- 晴れる はれる to clear up; to clear away
- 秋晴れ あきばれ clear autumnal weather
- 気晴らし きばらし recreation; diversion
- 見晴らし みはらし (scenic) view; prospect
Reference
- Strokes
- 12
- Kangxi radical
- 72
- Grade
- Grade 2 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #1022 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+06674