How to write 晴 (qíng, “clear”)

晴 (qíng), an HSK 2 character, means “clear” and “fine”. It pairs a meaning part, 日 (“sun”), with a sound part, 青 (“youth”). On its own it is an HSK 2 word; it also forms 晴朗 (“sunny and cloudless”), 开晴 (“to brighten up”) and 晴天 (“clear sky”). Japanese reads it ha-rasu, “clear up”, as a JLPT N3 kanji.

Pinyin: qíng
Strokes: 12
HSK: 2
Radical: 日 (“sun”)

Stroke by stroke

As a left-right character it splits into 日 (“sun”, the radical), strokes 1–4; 青 (“youth”), strokes 5–12, written the left part first.

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Names of the strokes

Japanese and Chinese

The two models differ in shape, so our comparison does not claim an order; compare the numbered frames yourself (12 strokes in Japanese, 12 strokes in Chinese).

Japanese · KanjiVG · 12 strokes

Chinese · Make Me a Hanzi · 12 strokes

Where 晴 comes from

sun

Meaning part: 日 (“sun”)
Sound part: 青 (“youth”)

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Pinyin and meaning

Pinyin	Meanings	Traditional	In words
qíng second tone	clear; fine (weather)	—	晴朗开晴晴天晴好

HSK 2025 syllabus: level 2
2021 standard: level 2
HSK 2.0: in a level 2 word
Words with it: 16 in CC-CEDICT

Words with 晴

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
晴	qíng	clear; fine (weather) HSK 2
晴朗	qínglǎng	sunny and cloudless HSK 6
开晴開晴	kāiqíng	to brighten up
晴天	qíngtiān	clear sky; sunny day
晴好	qínghǎo	bright and sunny weather
晴雨	qíngyǔ	rain or shine
晴雨表	qíngyǔbiǎo	barometer
雨过天晴雨過天晴	yǔguòtiānqíng	sky clears after rain; new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom)
放晴	fàngqíng	to clear up
晴空	qíngkōng	clear sky; cloudless sky

HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).

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