晴

qíng

adjective HSK 2 #14,657

Meanings

1 clear (sky)
2 sunny

Characters

晴

qíng

clear (weather); sunny

Contains 日 (sun) + 青 (blue/green) - blue sky with sun.

Examples

HSK 1

今天天气晴。

Jīntiān tiānqì qíng.

The weather is clear today.

HSK 4

明天转晴。

Míngtiān zhuǎn qíng.

It will clear up tomorrow.

HSK 4

今天是个大晴天，适合出去玩。

Jīntiān shì ge dà qíngtiān, shìhé chūqù wán.

It's a beautiful clear day today, perfect for going out.

Tips

memory

The character 晴 combines 日 (sun) and 青 (blue/green). When the sun comes out and the sky turns blue, that's 晴!

Components

radical

日 rì

sun; day

日 puts 晴 squarely in the sun/weather family - a clear sky is when the sun shines through. Same radical heads 阳, 暖, 暗, 晚 - all sun-and-time vocabulary.

phonetic

青 qīng

blue-green; clear

青 gives the sound, qīng → qíng with a tone shift. It also smuggles in meaning: 青 hints at the clear blue sky overhead. Same phonetic appears in 情, 清, 请 - all carrying the -ing rhyme.

Stroke Order

晴 qíng

晴