澄

Information about character(s)

Radical: 水
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 12
Total Strokes: 15
Variants: 澂

Pronunciation

Pinyin: chéng, dèng
Cantonese: cing4 dang6
JapaneseKun: SUMU SUMASU SUMI
JapaneseOn: CHOU
Korean: CING
Vietnamese: chừng

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: purify water by allowing sediment to settle; clear, pure

CE-Dict: (of liquid) to settle/to become clear

Soothill: Clear, limpid.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.(of a liquid) to settle
2.clear; transparent

康熙字典文字版 【巳集上】【水字部】澄
〔古文〕浧【集韻】持陵切，音懲。【增韻】水靜而淸也。【謝靈運詩】秋水共澄鮮。　又【曹植詩】明月澄淸景。【註】澄，湛也。　又酒名。【禮·禮運】澄酒在下。　又山名。【廣輿記】在南昌豐城縣。　又【集韻】除庚切，音棖。又直拯切，懲上聲。又澄應切，音瞪。義𠀤同。　又【集韻】唐亙切，音鄧。淸濁分也。

Buddhism words and phrases Clear

CF-Dict: décanter/clarifier