静
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still; calm; quiet; not moving
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 靑 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 静
- Common rank
- #902
- Unicode
- U+9759
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Formation & memory
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Words with 静
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 静安区 | Jing'an district, central Shanghai | |
| 静力学 | statics | |
| 和静县 | Hejing, a county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 … | |
| 静乐县 | Jingle, a county in Xinzhou City 忻州市[Xin1 zhou1 Shi4], Shanxi | |
| 静坐不动 | to sit still and do nothing; to sit tight | |
| 静宁县 | Jingning, a county in Pingliang City 平涼市|平凉市[Ping2 liang2 Shi4], Gansu | |
| 黄以静 | Wong Yee Ching or Flossie Wong-Staal (1946-2020) Hong Kong American virologist, joint disc… | |
| 地球静止卫星 | (astronomy) geostationary satellite | |
| 夜深人静 | in the dead of night (idiom) | |
| 静区 | silent zone; blind spot; dead space | |
| 静山 | Cheng San (precinct in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore); Cheng Shan GRC, formerly (until the 1997 el… | |
| 心静自然凉 | a calm heart keeps you cool (idiom) | |
| 心静 | tranquil; calm | |
| 静心 | meditation | |
| 静坐不能 | akathisia (condition of restlessness, a side-effect of neuroleptic antipsychotic drug); un… | |
| 静海 | Jinghai, a district of Tianjin 天津[Tian1 jin1]; Sea of Tranquility (lunar feature) | |
| 动静 | (detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness | |
| 安静 | quiet; peaceful; calm | |
| 静电 | static electricity | |
| 文静 | (of a person's manner or character) gentle and quiet |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 争 — compare how they read.