浄 – vocab dash

Keyword

cleanse

clean
purify
exorcise
Manchu Dynasty

Frequency: #1383
Strokes: 9
Grade: 8
JLPT (old): N1
Heisig: 1239

Readings

ジョウ100%

Mnemonic

Water drops march in to end a conflict between two muddy neighbours, scrubbing the courtyard until the whole place is spotlessly cleansed.

Stroke order

Composed of

氵water drops 争conflict

Used in vocabulary

浄じょう化か

purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge

Noun

洗せん浄じょう

washing; cleansing; cleaning; laundering; cleansing (one's mind and body)

Noun

洗せん浄じょう剤ざい

detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material

Noun

浄じょう水すい

clean water; purified water

Noun

自じ浄じょう

self-purification; self-cleansing

Noun

清せい浄じょう

pure; clean; purity

Na-adjective

浄じょう化か槽そう

water-purification tank; septic tank

Noun

浄じょう土ど真しん宗しゅう

Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School

Noun

浄じょう土ど

pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism

Noun

浄じょう瑠る璃り

jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)

Noun

浄じょう土ど宗しゅう

Pure Land sect (of Buddhism); Jodo (sect)

Noun

浄きよめ

purification

Noun

浄じょう財ざい

monetary offering; donation

Noun

不ふ浄じょう

unclean; dirty; impure; bathroom; toilet (room)

Na-adjective

人にん形ぎょう浄じょう瑠る璃り

Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)

Noun

浄きよめる

to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off

Ichidan verb

極ごく楽らく浄じょう土ど

Amitabha's Pure Land; Sukhavati

Noun

浄じょう罪ざい

cleansing of sins

Noun

浄じょう書しょ

fair copy; clean copy

Noun

浄じょう火か

sacred fire

Noun