静せい

See also: 靜せい

静せい U+9759, 静 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9759 ← 靘 [U+9758] CJK Unified Ideographs 靚 → [U+975A]

Translingual

Stroke order

Traditional	靜せい
Simplified	静せい
Japanese	静せい
Korean	靜せい

Han character

静せい (Kangxi radical 174, 靑あお+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 手て月がつ弓ゆみ尸しかばね木き (QBNSD), composition ⿰青あお争そう)

Derived characters

• 瀞とろ

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1381, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42574
• Dae Jaweon: page 1893, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4047, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9759

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 静せい – see 靜せい (“quiet; silent; devoid of noise; silent; not making a noise; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 靜せい).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	静せい
Kyūjitai	靜せい

Kanji

静せい

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 靜せい)

1. calm, quiet, silent

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
• Kun: しず (shizu, 静せい, Jōyō)^{←しづ (sidu, 静せい, historical)}、しずか (shizuka, 静しずかか, Jōyō)、しずむ (shizumu, 静せいむ)、しずめる (shizumeru, 静しずめる, Jōyō)、しずまる (shizumaru, 静しずまる, Jōyō)、しずけし (shizukeshi, 静しずけし)
• Nanori: しずむ (shizumu)

Compounds

• 静せい(しず)か (shizuka, “quiet; tranquil”)
• 静心しずごころ(しずこころ) (shizukokoro, “calm mind”)
• 寝静ねしずま(ねしず)まる (neshizumaru, “fall asleep”)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
静せい
せい Grade: 4
kan'on

Alternative spelling
靜せい (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 靜せい (MC dzjengX). The kan'on, so a later borrowing than the jō reading.

First attested as a standalone noun in a text from 1648.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せー [séꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ː]

Affix

静せい(せい) • (sei) 

1. quiet
2. still, unmoving

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 静観せいかん(せいかん) (seikan)
• 静止せいし(せいし) (seishi, “stillness; being still, calm, or motionless”)
• 静寂しじま(せいじゃく) (seijaku, “quiet, silence, calmness”)
• 静粛せいしゅく(せいしゅく) (seishuku)
• 静聴せいちょう(せいちょう) (seichō)
• 静養せいよう(せいよう) (seiyō)
• 冷静れいせい(れいせい) (reisei)

Noun

静せい(せい) • (sei) 

1. [from 1648] stillness

   静せい(せい)と動どう(どう)

   sei to dō

   stillness and movement

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
静せい
じょう Grade: 4
goon

Alternative spelling
靜せい (kyūjitai)

/d͡ʑʲau/ → /d͡ʑɔː/ → /d͡ʑoː/

From Middle Chinese 靜せい (MC dzjengX). The goon, so an earlier borrowing than the sei reading.

First attested as a standalone noun in a text from roughly 1216.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ː]

Affix

静せい(じょう) • (jō) 

1. still, fixed, unmoving

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 静せい注ちゅう(じょうちゅう) (jōchū, “intravenous injection”)
• 静脈じょうみゃく(じょうみゃく) (jōmyaku, “a vein (anatomy)”)

Noun

静せい(じょう) • (jō) ^{←じやう (zyau)?}

1. [from roughly 1216] (Buddhism) equanimity, upekkhā, a state untroubled by attachment or aversion