Kanji N3

静: quiet

静 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning quiet, written with 14 strokes. It is read セイ, ジョウ (on) and しずか, しずまる, しずめる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 静か (しずか, quiet) and 冷静 (れいせい, calmness).

静

Meanings

  • quiet
Strokes14
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#764 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • セイ
  • ジョウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • しず-
  • しずか
  • しずまる
  • しずめる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 14. Start at the dot.

Common words with 静

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 静かしずか

    quiet; silent

    JLPT N5
  • 冷静れいせい

    calmness; composure; coolness; serenity

    JLPT N3
  • 静止せいし

    stillness; rest; being stationary

    JLPT N1
  • 安静あんせい

    rest; quiet; repose

    JLPT N1
  • 静まるしずまる

    to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down

    JLPT N2
  • 静的せいてき

    static

    JLPT N1
  • 静観せいかん

    watchful waiting; careful supervision

  • 平静へいせい

    calm; peace; serenity; tranquility; tranquillity

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.