# 清 pure

(waterleft) + 青 (blue) Same-ON
★★☆☆☆
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Perhaps a bit of a Fucked Radical? "If you axe me. Clean equals pure! Mongrels are unclean!" you can almost hear MC Serch giving the gas face. (although honestly his regular face looks like most peoples' gas faces)

## Onyomi

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## Mnemonic

| If you SAY the water is really blue, it must be pure!

## Kunyomi

きよ*い | pure, clean (usually used literally, about , say, water) ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

清潔(せいけつ) な | pure ★★☆☆☆ 清 (pure) + 潔 (honorable) = 清潔 (pure) pure, clean, undiluted. More often used figuratively - about morals and such. Or ＊ahem＊ ethnicity.

## Synonyms

pure 清い 浄い