Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "晴", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "晴", and master the standard way of writing the character "晴".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 晴
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "晴" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
晴
Meaning:
1. The sky is cloudless or has very few clouds.
Examples:
- 晴天 (clear day)
- 晴朗 (bright and clear)
- 晴和 (pleasantly clear)
- 晴丽 (beautifully clear)
- 晴爽 (refreshingly clear)
- 晴碧 (clear blue)
夝 qíng
Part of Speech: Adjective
Original Meaning: Rain stops, no clouds, the weather is clear.
Character Formation: Phono-semantic compound. The character is made up of the "sun" (日) and the phonetic element "qing" (青), where "青" in ancient times referred to blue and also has semantic meaning. The character is recorded as "夝" in "Shuowen". It means that in the evening (夕), after the rain stops, stars appear.
References:
1. "Shuowen Jiezi": 夝, rain stops and at night stars can be seen. Composed of the evening (夕), which produces the sound.
2. "Cangjie Pian": 夝 means rain stops with no clouds.
3. "Han Shu, Tianwen Zhi": The sky is clear and the bright star appears.
4. Pan Yue, "Xianju Fu": Light rain has just cleared, the universe is bright and clear.
5. "Clear creek reveals the trees of Hanyang." — Tao Quing, "Yellow Crane Tower" poem
6. Lu You, "Passing Little and Big Lonely Mountains": Clear or rainy in winter and summer.
7. Yuan Hongdao, "Travel Notes of Manjing": Was washed by the clear snow.
Examples:
- 晴岚 (fog in the mountains on a clear day)
- 放晴 (turning clear after overcast rain)
- 晴川 (the river surface on a clear day)
- 晴日 (clear day)
- 晴昊 (clear sky)
- 晴雪 (accumulated snow after a clear weather)
- 晴虚 (clear sky, where 虚 means vast space)