青 as Part of a Kanji

[KyleGoetz]

So I decided to group all the 青-using characters I knew or could find that are still in usage (excluding variants that use the old version of 青 (生＋円)) to take a look at meaning and reading for you guys.

Perhaps natives or other knowledgeable people can chime in with misunderstandings or characters that I have forgotten to include?

Basically there are five (I think) categorizations of kanji. One is the sound-based compound (形声文字), and one is the meaning-based compound (会意文字).

Most of these are a combination of the two (会意兼形声文字).

• 青 (あお、セイ、ショウ)—blue, green
• 鯖 (さば、セイ)—魚(fish)＋青(セイ)—mackerel
• 錆 (さび、セイ)—金(metal)+青(セイ)—rust
• 情(なさ、ジョウ、セイ)—心(heart)+青(セイ、ジョウ)=emoti on, actual conditions
• 晴(は、セイ)—日(sun)+青(セイ)=fine weather
• 清(きよ、セイ)—水(water)+青(セイ)=clear
• 精(セイ)—米(rice)+青(セイ)=refine, essence, spirit I'm not sure about how the etymology explains the meaning
• 請(こ、う、セイ)—言(speech/words)+青(セイ)=request
• 静(しず、セイ)—青(セイ)+争(the etymology is to pluck or pick, but as a radical it means scramble I think)=quiet
• 瀞(とろ、セイ)—水(water)+静(quiet,セイ)=a pool in a river (not sure if this translation is good...it's not really a popular character in Japanese)
• 靖(しず、セイ)—立(stand)+青(セイ)=pacify, peaceful (this is an archaic kanji I think)

If any natives could chime in on the bold parts, too, I'd be grateful.

[minminRW]

For your reference,

精 - Wiktionary
瀞 - Wiktionary
靖 - Wiktionary

瀞 A part of river whose stream is slow.
靖 I dont know arcaic or not, it is so minor kanji that it is mainly used for name of person or place, and seems religious such as 靖国神社（Yasukuni shrine）.

[KyleGoetz]

Yeah, 靖国神社 is the only thing I knew with that kanji in it.

Thanks for the links, minminRW.

And I think our definitions of 瀞 are the same. Yours is just a better description for someone unfamiliar with the meaning. When I said "pool in a river," I was referring to when a river slows down, it forms a bit of a body of water like a pool so it looks something like this:

======O=====
川川川川川瀞川川川川

How's that for some terrible SJIS art?

[minminRW]

Originally Posted by KyleGoetz

Yeah, 靖国神社 is the only thing I knew with that kanji in it.

Thanks for the links, minminRW.

And I think our definitions of 瀞 are the same. Yours is just a better description for someone unfamiliar with the meaning. When I said "pool in a river," I was referring to when a river slows down, it forms a bit of a body of water like a pool so it looks something like this:

======O=====
川川川川川瀞川川川川

How's that for some terrible SJIS art?

Haha! You are right.

靖 is often used as name of person.
Male:靖(yasushi),靖人(yasuto,yasihito) and 宮本恒靖(Miyamoto Tsuneyasu/Soccer player)
Female:靖子(yasiko),靖代(yasuyo)