音読み: セイ・ジョウ
訓読み: しず・しずか・しずまる
画数: 14 strokes
部首: 青（あお）
Meaning
Quiet / Calm / Stillness — Often used to describe a peaceful atmosphere, calm emotions, or environments with little noise or movement.
- 静 — quiet (root form)
- 静か — calm / quiet
- 静まる — to quiet down
- 静止 — stillness / standstill
- 安静 — rest / tranquility
The character 静 combines 青 (“blue” or “green”) and 争 (“conflict” or “struggle”). Originally, it suggested pacifying conflict — thus, becoming associated with peace and calm. Over time, it came to represent tranquility or the state of being still and quiet.
この部屋は とても静かです。
This room is very quiet.
彼の心は 静まった。
His mind became calm.
安静が 必要です。
You need to rest quietly.
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