The 青 family
青 · qīng · ㄑㄧㄥ — green
Know 青 and the readings of 7 more characters follow: 情、請、清、靜、精、睛、晴. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 情qíng · ㄑㄧㄥˊ部首 忄 豎心旁 · heartfeeling; emotion; situation80%
- 請qǐng · ㄑㄧㄥˇ部首 言 · wordsplease; to invite; to request80%
- 清qīng · ㄑㄧㄥ部首 氵 三點水 · water(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still89%
- 靜jìng · ㄐㄧㄥˋ部首 青 · greenstill; calm67%
- 精jīng · ㄐㄧㄥ部首 米 · uncooked riceessence; extract67%
- 睛jīng · ㄐㄧㄥ部首 目 · eyeeye; eyeball67%
- 晴qíng · ㄑㄧㄥˊ部首 日 · sunclear; fine (weather)80%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 青 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 青 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 76%.
Words this family builds
- 事情
- 情況
- 清楚
- 眼睛
- 冷靜
- 精神
- 安靜
- 感情
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