qíng
clear or fine weather
Meanings & readings
Meanings & dictionary uses
2 senses · 4 wordsFine or clear weather
To become clear after unsettled weather
Languages & readings
Choose a recorded reading. Explore other varieties through their reference sources below.
Mandarin
Sense-linked readingsReadings & meanings
Usage scope
Regional and word-specific qualifications remain attached to the sense and vocabulary records.
Cantonese
Selected character readingSource & reading limitations
Jyutping · Unihan 17.0.0
This property supplies a customary character reading for collation and transliteration. It does not list every reading or identify the reading for each word and sense. It also does not encode a separate regional label for each value.
Other Chinese languages & varieties
Reference guides · character readings not yet imported.
Taiwanese Hokkien 臺灣台語Reference sources only
The Ministry of Education dictionary is the reference for Taiwanese vocabulary and readings. Its Tâi-lô guide distinguishes citation tones from changes in connected speech. Other Hokkien varieties require their own sources.
- Reference variety
- Taiwanese Hokkien, with the regional distinctions recorded by Taiwan's Ministry of Education
- Notation
- Tâi-lô (臺羅), as used by the linked MOE dictionary
Hakka 客語Reference sources only
Taiwan's Ministry of Education documents six Hakka varieties separately. Choose the variety before comparing readings; a single undifferentiated Hakka pronunciation would hide meaningful differences.
- Reference variety
- Taiwan: Sixian, Hailu, Dapu, Raoping, Zhao'an and Southern Sixian
- Notation
- Taiwan Hakka Romanization System (臺灣客語拼音方案)
Teochew 潮州話／潮汕話Reference sources only
Explore CUHK's published Chaozhou lexicon and its separate Shantou sound table. These reference locations remain explicit: readings from one locality should not stand in for every Teochew variety.
- Reference variety
- Chaozhou lexicon; separate Shantou syllable-table resource
- Notation
- Source phonetic transcription; no shared local romanization imported
Wu 吳語・上海話Reference sources only
The linked university resource documents Shanghai. Wu also includes other local varieties; Shanghai readings should retain that location label when compared with Mandarin or Cantonese.
- Reference variety
- Shanghai
- Notation
- Phonetic transcription and tone values in the linked CUHK table
Eastern Min 閩東語・福州話Reference sources only
Fuzhou is an Eastern Min reference variety. Its dedicated CUHK sound table offers a starting point; other Eastern Min localities need distinct records and source attribution.
- Reference variety
- Fuzhou
- Notation
- Phonetic transcription and tone values in the linked CUHK table
Gan 贛語・南昌話Reference sources only
Begin with CUHK's Nanchang sound table. The broader Gan group contains local differences, so future readings should identify Nanchang or another documented locality explicitly.
- Reference variety
- Nanchang
- Notation
- Phonetic transcription and tone values in the linked CUHK table
Xiang 湘語・長沙話Reference sources only
Begin with CUHK's Changsha sound table. Keep Changsha separate from other Xiang localities when adding readings; the group name does not denote one uniform pronunciation.
- Reference variety
- Changsha
- Notation
- Phonetic transcription and tone values in the linked CUHK table
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 晴 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
Go deeperJisho ↗Wiktionary ↗
Korean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
Go deeperNaver Hanja ↗Wiktionary ↗
Reading sources explained
- 청
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E) · Personal-name Hanja (N)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
Go deeperHán Việt (Thi Viện) ↗Wiktionary ↗
Form & structure
Structure & components
2 direct parts- Layout
- left right
- Index radical
- 日 · 72 · 8 residual strokes
日 is the visible left component and 青 the visible right component. Taiwan’s Ministry of Education confirms the right-hand shape as 青. A full account of how the spelling with 青 developed from other historical spellings remains an explicit research task.
Follow the recorded parts
- recorded boundary
- recorded boundary
- recorded boundary
A boundary means no finer analysis is published here; it does not assert an indivisible unit. Radical classification and component structure are separate.
Inspect the component network ↗Writing
12 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. [47]
Words & connections
Examples
2 sentences雨停了，天空開始放晴。
雨停了，天空开始放晴。
The rain has stopped, and the sky is beginning to clear.
明天如果是晴天，我們就去散步。
明天如果是晴天，我们就去散步。
If it is sunny tomorrow, we will go for a walk.
Original editorial sentences. Pinyin uses dictionary tones; connected speech may differ.
Connections
0 phonetic neighboursThis pilot does not link this character to a sound (phonetic) family. Explore the other recorded relationships below.
History & distinctions
Etymology & evidence
2 accountsAn older spelling in the dictionaries
CUHK quotes the Shuowen entry for 夝, analyzed there as 夕 with phonetic 生, and a Jiyun notice linking the spelling 晴. Taiwan’s variant dictionary states that 晴 itself is not an entry in the Shuowen. Keep the quoted older character distinct from the current graph.
What is still missing
The consulted entry supplies too little evidence to date every step between these spellings. The atlas therefore shows a concise dictionary relationship and leaves the specimen sequence open.
Reading this character · explanatory note
晴 is about the weather clearing or being fine. It appears in 晴天, a sunny day, 晴空, a clear sky, and 放晴, to clear up. The modern form combines 日 with 青, making a useful visual contrast with 情 and 清. It does not simply mean “bright” in every context: 明亮 is the ordinary word for brightness more generally. The historical spelling evidence also deserves care. CUHK connects 晴 with the older spelling 夝 through traditional dictionaries. That is a documented spelling relationship, not permission to invent an uninterrupted series of ancient specimens.
Historical specimens remain at their sources. No dated attestation sequence or licensed specimen image is claimed.
Inspect CUHK’s forms and discussion ↗Forms & distinctions
晴 is used in both simplified and traditional Chinese. It should not be substituted for 清 when describing clear water, or for 情 when describing feelings. A shared reading or a shared 青 component does not make the characters equivalent.
情 has 忄 on the left and concerns feelings or circumstances. 晴 has 日 and concerns fine weather.
睛 has 目, with two inner horizontal strokes, and occurs in words for eyes. 日 in 晴 has one inner horizontal stroke.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- dzjeng · 疾盈 反切 · #909
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 7234 · dzjeng = 梗開三平清從
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Sources & research
5 sourcesLocator & rights
Character entry; 形義通解, 繁簡對應, and cited Shuowen discussion where present · link_only · 2026-10-12
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Release 2026-10-12T08:13:53Z. Exact word-reading locators are retained with each WordRecord. · permitted · 2026-10-12
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說文釋形, 字樣說明, 漢語拼音 and 釋義 · link_only · 2026-10-12
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17.0.0 · permitted · 2026-10-12
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bddc96d41bef78427ed0e034e9f7e31d71fd1b92 · permitted · 2026-10-12
Open research · 2 items
- The consulted sources do not establish a dated sequence from 夝 to 晴; specimen-level and phonetic-family corroboration remain open.
- No independent specialist review or permission to reproduce historical images.
Cited claims compared with the consulted entries; no independent expert review recorded.
Old Chinese · reconstruction
- qíng
- *N-tsʰeŋ
MC dzjeng · GSR 0812-
Baxter & Sagart 2014 · p.109. Model-specific reconstructions; * and uncertainty brackets are preserved.
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- qíng 21515.070
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- qíng 0935.010
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- qíng 304.040
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- qíng(61)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- qíng粵cing4