Onyomi: セイ · Kunyomi: -ば.れ, は.らす, は.れ, は.れ-, は.れる · Meanings: clear up
Kanji for clear up
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The kanji 晴 is made from two parts: 日 (sun) on the left and 青 (blue, green) on the right. The left part, 日, shows the sun, and the right part, 青, represents the clear, bright sky. Together, they create the image of the sun shining in a clear blue sky. Over time, 晴 came to mean “clear weather,” “sunny,” or the idea of brightness after clouds or rain.
Made from 日(sun) and 青(blue sky). It shows the sun shining in a clear sky — meaning clear, sunny, or bright weather.
This kanji says: the sun (日) shines in the bright blue sky (青) — 晴 means sunny or clear. Remember it by picturing a clear, sunny day with no clouds in sight.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 晴れ | はれ | clear weather, fine weather | common JLPT-N5 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 晴れる | はれる | to clear up, to clear away, to be sunny, to stop raining | common JLPT-N5 Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |
| 晴天 | せいてん | fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds), fair weather, clear weather, clear sky, fair skies | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 晴れ着 | はれぎ | (one's) Sunday best, (one's) best clothes, glad rags | Noun |
| 晴れ間 | はれま | break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow), interval of clear weather | Noun |
| 晴らす | はらす | to dispel, to clear away, to refresh (oneself) | Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 晴雨 | せいう | clear or rainy weather, sunshine or rain | Noun |
| 晴れ上がる | はれあがる | to clear up | Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 晴れ渡る | はれわたる | to clear up, to become cloudless | Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 青天の霹靂 | せいてんのへきれき | a bolt out of the blue | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun |