Meaning & readings
quiet
On’yomi セイ、ジョウ
Kun’yomi しず-、しず.か、しず.まる、しず.める
Nanori しづ
Origin
This character combines two parts: the left side, 青, serves as a sound hint suggesting how to pronounce the character, while the right side, 争 (meaning "to fight" or "to struggle"), carries the meaning. The idea is that when there is no fighting or struggling—when conflict stops—quietness and peace result. Over time, the character came to represent the state of being quiet or calm, with the sound component helping readers remember how to say it.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 14
- Kangxi radical
- 174
- Grade
- Grade 4 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #764 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+09759