# 清 — Pure

Frequency rank 683 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 週 (Week), less common than 刑 (Punish).

- On’yomi: せい
- Kun’yomi: きよ
- Radical: 水 Water (Kangxi 85)
- Frequency path: Level VI of XX

A tsunami on the left washes over blue on the right -- blue water from a tsunami, crystal clear and perfectly pure.

In words:

- 清い きよい — clear,pure,noble
- 清らか きよらか — clean;pure;chaste
- 清潔 せいけつ — clean

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