Chinese

清楚

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²/
clear; lucid
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 3

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Origin

(pure; innocent): Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 清(せい)楚(そ) (seiso)

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lineage

  • borrowedJapanese清
  • characterChinese清 “clear; limpid”
    • meaningChinese水 “water (Classifier: 瓶 m; 樽 c; 滴 m c; 池 m c; 盆 m c; 杯 m c)”
    • soundChinese青 “blue-green ("grue"); blue (of sky, stone etc.); green (of grass, plants, mountains etc.)”
      • soundChinese生 “to live; to subsist; to exist”
        • ideaChinese屮 “new birth of plant”
        • ideaChinese一 “one”
      • soundChinese井 “well (a hole sunk into the ground) (Classifier: 口; 眼)”
  • characterChinese楚 “Vitex; Chinese chaste tree (Vitex negundo)”
    • meaningChinese林 “forest; grove; woods”
    • soundChinese疋 “foot”

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