晴
晴 — Clear up
clear up
On’yomiセイ (sei)
Kun’yomiはれる (hareru)
Kun’yomiはれ (hare)
Kun’yomiはれ- (hare)
Kun’yomi-ばれ (bare)
Kun’yomiはらす (harasu)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 晴
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 晴れ | はれ hare | clear weather; fine weather; formal |
| 素晴らしい | すばらしい subarashii | wonderful; splendid; magnificent |
| 快晴 | かいせい kaisei | clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather |
| 見晴らし | みはらし miharashi | (scenic) view; prospect; outlook |
| 見晴らす | みはらす miharasu | to command a view; to look out over (onto, across, etc.); to overlook |
| 晴れる | はれる hareru | to clear up; to clear away; to be sunny |
Study notes
晴 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 2), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1022 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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