Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

764 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: quiet

Kunyomi: しず- しず.か しず.まる しず.める

Onyomi: セイ ジョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: あお

Meaning: blue

Strokes: 8

Examples

Examples with audio

寂(せいじゃく)   silence

(あんせい)   rest [n.]

な(れいせいな)   calm, cool-headed

止する(せいしする)   stand still

聴する(せいちょうする)   listen quietly

脈(じょうみゃく)   vein

かな(しずかな)   quiet

まる(しずまる)   quiet down, calm down [v.i.]

める(しずめる)   appease, pacify, calm [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

セイ stillness, quiet, peacefulness

セイカン watchful waiting, careful supervision

チンセイ stillness, tranquility, tranquillity, dullness

ネイセイ calmness, peacefulness, tranquility

ジョウミャク vein

ジョウチュウ intravenous injection, IV

ジャクジョウ calmness, stillness, tranquility, calmness of the heart, enlightenment

涅槃寂 ネハンジャクジョウ enlightenment leads to serenity

Kunyomi Examples

しずか quiet, silent, slow, unhurried, calm, peaceful

かに しずかに calmly, quietly, gently, peacefully, be quiet!

二人 ふたりしずか Chloranthus serratus (species of flowering plant)

一人 ひとりしずか Chloranthus japonicus

まる しずまる to become quiet, to quiet down, to quieten down, to calm down, to die down, to subside, to abate, to be suppressed

める しずめる to appease, to suppress, to calm