澄 (dèng): (of a liquid) to settle

Meanings

1 (of a liquid) to settle
2 to let sediment sink and become clear

Characters

澄

dèng

(of a liquid) to settle

Examples

把浑水澄清了再喝。

Bǎ húnshuǐ dèng qīng le zài hē.

Let the muddy water settle before you drink it.

等杂质澄到底部。

Děng zázhì dèng dào dǐbù.

Wait for the sediment to settle to the bottom.

Tips

mistakes

When the meaning is physically letting murky liquid settle so the dirt sinks, the reading is 澄, not chéng. The clarify-an-issue word 澄清 keeps the chéng reading.

Components

radical

氵 shuǐ

water (left-side form of 水)

The three-drop water radical (left-side form of 水) gives the core image: water that is clear and settled.

phonetic

登 dēng

to ascend; to mount

On the right 登 supplies the sound, shifted from dēng to chéng (and to dèng in the other reading). It is purely the phonetic element.

Stroke Order

澄 dèng

Related Words

澄清 chéngqīng HSK 7-9 #6,909

to clarify / to clear up (misunderstanding) / clear (of liquid)

玉宇澄清万里埃 yùyǔ chéngqīng wànlǐ āi

to sweep the jade heavens clean of ten-thousand-li dust / to purify the skies of all filth for ten thousand miles / Mao Zedong's triumphant line paired with the Golden Monkey couplet

堕落 duòluò HSK 7-9 #4,699

to degenerate; to become corrupt / to sink into depravity

放过 fàngguò HSK 7-9 #7,286

to let go / to let off / to spare

沉淀 chéndiàn HSK 7-9 #33,183

to settle (sediment) / to precipitate / to accumulate over time / sediment

滴 dī HSK 6 #2,709

to drip; to drop / a drop (measure word for liquid)

发泄 fāxiè HSK 7-9 #4,800

to vent (emotions); to let off (steam) / to give vent to

沉 chén HSK 4 #4,073

to sink; to submerge / deep; heavy / to be immersed in

和解 héjiě HSK 7-9 #5,271

to reconcile / to settle (a dispute) / to make peace

摆平 bǎipíng HSK 7-9 #5,560

to settle (a matter) / to sort out / to handle