青 Radical 174 — blue-green; young, nature’s fresh colour
qīng (first tone, high and level)
blue-green; young, nature’s fresh colour
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Where the shape comes from
A fresh sprout 生 growing up beside a well or a mineral pigment pit, the blue-green of new plant growth giving the character both its colour and its sense of youth, freshness. It names young people themselves in 青年, youth, and lends its shape and sound to 清, clear, and 晴, sunny, fine weather, both keeping something of the same freshness.
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