Memory phrase for the character: 澄

澄

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Meaning

clear, limpid, to purify, settle (liquid)

Pronunciation

chéng, dèng

Explanation

 Left: water 氵, right: climb, ascend 登 (The volcano 癶 spits beans 豆: let's ascend it.)

Mnemonic
 
(In dirty water, the dirt settles down, the clear part rises up:) When water is climbing, it becomes clear.

Radicals

氵 waterSimplified from this water 水
登 climb up
癶 volcanoIn 业 an empty volcanic vent is shown and the mountain is in 癶 full of rising smoke.
豆 beanshows eating / sacrificial vessel with a high round base, and is also interpreted as a drum.




 Vocabulary

澄清 dèng qīng  to settle (of liquid); to become clear (by precipitation of impurities); precipitate (chemistry); to put in order; to quell disturbances
 

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