Taxonomy of meanings for 澄:　　

  • 澄 chéng (OC: dɯŋ MC: ɖɨŋ) 直陵切 平 廣韻：【清也直陵切五 】
  • 澄 chéng (OC: dɯŋ MC: ɖɨŋ) 直陵切 平 廣韻：【同澂 】
    • CLEAR
      • vadNclear and unruffled 澄水
      • vi.redpoeticbe clear and unruffled
      • vipoeticbe clear and unruffled; be limpid
      • feature: unmoving>PEACEFUL
        • subject: clear>WATER
          • abstract>PURE
            • DELETEDpure, unruffled and clear
            • nabpurity
            • vipure
            • vadNunsullied, unruffled, clear, limpidCH
            • vtoNpurifyCH
          • causative>WASH
        • 澄 dèng (OC: dols MC: ɖʷɯiɛ) 唐亘切 去 廣韻：【 】
          • PURE
            • DELETEDpure, unruffled and clear
            • nabpurity
            • vipure
            • vadNunsullied, unruffled, clear, limpidCH
            • vtoNpurifyCH
            (causative: purify)
        • 澄 chéng (OC: rdaaŋ MC: ɖɯaŋ) 直庚切 平 廣韻：【水清定又音懲 】

          Additional information about 澄

          說文解字:

            Criteria
          • CLEAR

            1. The most general standard and clearly dominant word for things that are easily accessible to the intellect and to the senses is míng 明 (ant. hūn 昏 "unclear").

            2. Zhāng 彰 (ant. yǐn 隱 "obscure") is an elevated word for something being clear to the intellectual eye.

            3. Zhāo zhāo 昭昭 refers emphatically to perfect transparency and clarity.

            4. Chéng 澄 (ant. hún 混 "opaque") prototypically refers to the unruffled, clear state of water or the like. See PURE

            5. Primarily physical transparency is qīng 清 and the very rare chè 澈 (all ant. zhuó 濁 "muddled and unclear"). See PURE