Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 澄


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Meaning

clear, ludicity, settle, clarify

Pronunciation

CHŌ
sumu/masu

Explanation

Left: water , right: to climb (The volcano spits bean , let's climb up)

Mnemonic

(In dirty water, the dirt settles down & a clean fraction rises up:) When water is climbing, it becomes clear. (Beforehand, in the water the view of insects was only indistinct, as if wrapped up , due to the impurity )

Radicals

water(The radical sanzui is a short form of water )
vulcano
bean(The radical mame shows a one , below a vessel on a stand.)
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Vocabulary

澄ます すます to clear, to make clear, to be unruffled, to look unconcerned
澄む すむ to clear (e.g. weather), to become transparent

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