Blue-green Radical (青) — Characters, Meaning and Practice Worksheet
青 is the blue-green radical. It appears in 8 of the most common Chinese characters — these 8 are the ones worth learning first, and the worksheet below gives every one of them a pinyin header, a stroke-by-stroke model and blank Tianzige grids to copy into.
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What does 青 mean?
Blue-green radical · 青 qīng · 8 strokes · blue; green
It usually appears on the left, or at the bottom. The Origin column below shows what each character's parts do — many take their meaning from the radical, some take their sound from the other half.
Shapes: 青
8 common characters with 青
Ranked by how often they appear in real written Chinese. Every character links to its own page with a stroke-order animation and example words.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 情 | qíng | feeling, passion, sentiment; condition, situation | 青 supplies the sound |
| 清 | qīng | clear | 青 supplies the sound |
| 精 | jīng | clever, shrewd; refined; exquisite; adept, skilled | 青 supplies the sound |
| 请 | qǐng | please (do something); ask (somebody to do something); invite | 青 supplies the sound |
| 静 | jìng | quiet; still, motionless | 争 supplies the sound |
| 睛 | jīng | eye; eyeball | 青 supplies the sound |
| 猜 | cāi | guess | 青 supplies the sound |
| 晴 | qíng | clear; fine (weather) | 青 supplies the sound |
Related Radicals
- 阝Mound radical · fù36 common characters · a mound (on the left) or a city (on the right)
- 隹Short-tailed bird radical · zhuī16 common characters · a short-tailed bird
- 雨Rain radical · yǔ8 common characters · rain
- 页Head radical · yè18 common characters · head — originally a person's head
- 饣Food radical · shí8 common characters · food; to eat
- 马Horse radical · mǎ17 common characters · horse
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