CLEAR  清楚

EASY to PERCEIVE OR UNDERSTAND.
EVIDENTOBVIOUSEVIDENTPLAINCRYSTAL CLEARSUREDEFINITEUNMISTAKABLEMANIFESTINDISPUTABLEPATENTINCONTROVERTIBLEIRREFUTABLEBEYOND DOUBTBEYOND QUESTIONPALPABLEVISIBLEDISCERNIBLECONSPICUOUSOVERTBLATANTGLARINGAS PLAIN AS DAYAS PLAIN AS THE NOSE ON ONE'S FACE
Antonym
  • OBSCUREDARK so as to be DIFFICULT to SEE, DIFFICULT to UNDERSTAND OR STRANGE to THINK of.
    • VAGUELACKING CLEAR DEFINITION.
      Hypernym
      • EASYPOSSIBLE AND IF TRIED OFTEN ACHIEVED LACKING:without EFFORT.
        • POSSIBLEABLE TO BE DONE OR ABLE TO HAPPEN, OR ABLE TO BE THE CASE. 
          • ABLEHAVE FEATURES one NEEDS in SELF:oneself FOR ACHIEVING something.
            • HAVERELATION to something such that it BE-IN:is in one OR is CONTROLLED by one....
      See also
      • PUREEXCELLENT BECAUSE LACKING DIFFERENT SUBSTANCES.
        • SIMPLELACK MUTUALLY DIFFERENT PARTS OR FEATURES.
          Old Chinese Criteria
          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

          Modern Chinese Criteria
          清楚

          清晰

          明晰

          清

          歷歷

          分明

          鮮明

          一清二楚

          黑白分明

          簡短

          簡明

          簡潔

          rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

          • Novyj objasnitel'nyj Slovar' Sinonimov Russkogo Jazyka ( APRESJAN 2004) p. 741

          • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 17.34

          • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

            EVIDENT

            constat refers to what is definitively true and not based on floating rumours only.

            apparet refers to something being evident as something that emerges from a state where it was less than evident.

            liquet refers to something being evident under the image of it flowing easily and not being frozen stiff.

            elucet refers to something being evident as something shining forth with clarity.

          • “荀子”單音節形容詞同義關係研究 ( HUANG XIAODONG 2003) p. 223

          • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 328

          • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 4.846

            KLAR UND DEUTLICH

          • Handbuch der lateinischen und griechischen Synonymik ( SCHMIDT 1889) p. 30

          • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 214

          • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 314

          Words

          明  míng OC: mraŋ MC: mɣaŋ 55 AttributionsWD

          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").

            Word relations
          • Ant: 幽/DARK The most current general word for physical shadowiness and obscurity is probably yōu 幽 (ant. míng 明 "bright"), but this word often has lyrical overtones of secluded peace.
          • Epithet: 智 / 知/INTELLIGENT The most general word for native ability to understand is zhī 知 (ant. wú zhī 無知 "lack the ability to understand"), but the word ranges in meaning from spiritual wisdom to technical competence.
          • Assoc: 圓/PERFECT
          • Synon: 著/CLEAR

            Syntactic words
          • nabfactualwhat is evident and clear
          • nabpsychclarity, distinctness of vision
          • v[adN]clear, evident, accessible thing(s)LZ
          • vadNclear; publicly well-known
          • vadVlucidly; explicitly; openly, clearly; perfectly clearly 明知
          • vibe evident; be transparent; be clearly visible
          • vt+prep+Ngradedbe clearer than
          • vtoNab{S}psychmake it clear that (one) is characterised as in S
          • vtoNcausativemake public and clear; promote publicly, make publicly well-known; be publicly clear about, demonstrate publicly
          著  zhù OC: k-las MC: ʈi̯ɤ 6 AttributionsWD

            Word relations
          • Synon: 明/CLEAR 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").

            Syntactic words
          • vadNclear, incontrovertible
          • vibe openly present; zhongyong: be clearly manifest
          • vt+prep+Nreflexive, subjectivebe clear in one's mind with respect to NCH
          昭昭  zhāo zhāo OC: kljew kljew MC: tɕiɛu tɕiɛu 6 AttributionsWD

          Zhāo zhāo 昭昭 refers emphatically to perfect transparency and clarity.

            Syntactic words
          • vi.red:adNperfectly manifest, very clear (crimes)
          • VPiunderstand clearly
          分明  fēn míng OC: pɯn mraŋ MC: pi̯un mɣaŋ 4 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPadVclearly, distinctly
          • VPibe clear and distinct
          • VPichangebecome clear and distinct
          澄  chéng OC: dɯŋ MC: ɖɨŋ 3 AttributionsWD

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

            Syntactic words
          • vadNclear and unruffled 澄水
          • vi.redpoeticbe clear and unruffled
          • vipoeticbe clear and unruffled; be limpid
          彰  zhāng OC: kjaŋ MC: tɕi̯ɐŋ 2 AttributionsWD

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

            Syntactic words
          • vadVclearly, distinctly SHU 彰聞
          • vibe brilliantly clear
          清  qīng OC: tsheŋ MC: tshiɛŋ 2 AttributionsWD

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

            Syntactic words
          • viderivedbe uncompromising, be unambiguousCH
          較  jiào MC: kaewH OC: kraawɡsCH 2 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • vibe easy to understandCH
          曆  lì OC: reeɡ MC: lek 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • vi.redreduplicated: clear, distinct
          熾  chì OC: khljɯɡs MC: tɕhɨ 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • vadVblazingly > clearly, distinctly
          了然  liǎo rán OC: reewʔ njen MC: leu ȵiɛn 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPadVclearly
          熾然  chì rán OC: khljɯɡs njen MC: tɕhɨ ȵiɛn 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPadVblazingly > clearly, distinctly
          分  fēn OC: pɯn MC: pi̯un 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • vadNdistinct; clearly distinguished
          • vimiddle voicebe clearly defined and delimitedCH
          昭然  zhāo rán MC: tsyew nyen OC: kljew njenCH 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPibe brilliantly clearCH
          昭晣  zhāo zhé MC: tsyew tsyet OC: kljew --CH 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPiinchoativefigurative, poetic: become clear in outline to the mind; glow with significaneCH
          瀏亮  liú liàng MC: ljuw ljangH OC: b-ru ɡ-raŋsCH 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPibe limpid and resplendent; be brilliantCH
          明白  míng bái bó bái MC: mjaeng baek OC: mraŋ braaɡCH 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPadNevident, obviousCH
          粲然  càn rán MC: tshanH nyen OC: tshaans njenLZ 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPistative verb evoking extreme clarityLZ
          察  chá 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • viclear, easy to knowLZ
          曈曨  tōng lǒng MC: thuwng luwngX OC: thooŋ b-rooŋʔ 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPifigurativeinchoative (like light emerging at dawn): become discenible; begin to clear upCH
          顯  xiǎn 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • v[adN]what is manifest; what is explicitCH
          倓然  tán rán MC: dam nyen OC: ɡ-laam njenLZ 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPadVclearlyLZ
          曉然  xiǎo rán MC: xewX nyen OC: qheewʔ njenLZ 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPadVclearly, with good understandingLZ
          通明  tōng míng MC: thuwng mjaeng OC: kh-looŋ mraŋCH 1 AttributionWD

            Syntactic words
          • VPibe transparently and pervasively clearCH
          扃  jiōng OC: kʷeeŋ MC: keŋ 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • vibe clear?? 我心扃扃
          汰  tài OC: thaads MC: thɑi 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • vtoNcausativecause to be clean > purify, make clean
          淸  qīng MC: -- OC: -- 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • viclear; pure
          目  mù OC: muɡ MC: muk 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • nadVvisibly to the eye
          疏  shū OC: sqra MC: ʂi̯ɤ 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • vadNuncluttered
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            Syntactic words
          • VPibe brilliantly clearCH
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            Syntactic words
          • VPiinchoativefigurative, poetic: become clear in outline to the mindCH
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            Syntactic words
          • VPibe limpid and clearCH
          瀏亮  liú liàng MC: ljuw ljangH OC: b-ru ɡ-raŋsCH 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPibe limpid and resplendent; be brilliantCH

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