冴 – be clear, serene, cold

7 strokesJinmeiyō (names)#2341 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 冴 means be clear, serene, cold, skilful. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゴ、コ (go, ko); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さ.える、こお.る、ひ.える (saeru, kooru, hieru). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 冫 (no. 15).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゴ	go
On’yomi	コ	ko
Kun’yomi	さ.える	saeru
Kun’yomi	こお.る	kooru
Kun’yomi	ひ.える	hieru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 冫 (Kangxi radical 15). Components: 牙・冫.

Words using 冴

冴えるさえるto be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.)

Example sentences

昨日ゆっくり休んだ分、今日は頭が冴えている。

I feel smart today, to a degree that is in proportion to the amount of good rest I had yesterday.

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Kanji with the same radical

冷冬凍凝凄凌

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.