水清ければ魚棲まず (みずきよければうおすまず) — the morally upright have a hard time making friends, fish will not live in water that is (too) clean | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

the morally upright have a hard time making friends and fish will not live in water that is (too) clean

Practice Writing

Character: 1/9

Stroke: 1/0

Component Analysis

水清ければ魚棲まず

the morally upright have a hard time making friends, fish will not live in water that is (too) clean

みずきよければうおすまず

水

みず, みず-, スイ

清

pure, purify, cleanse...

きよ.い, きよ.まる, セイ

氵

( 水 ) water, water radical (no. 85)

青

あお, あお-, セイ

龶

月

つき, ゲツ, ガツ

魚

うお, さかな, ギョ

𠂊

( 勹 )

田

rice field, rice paddy

灬

( 火 ) fire, fire radical (no. 86)

棲

す.む, セイ

木

き, こ-, ボク

妻

丰

( CDP-89E5 ) abundant, lush, bountiful...

みめよ.い, しげ.る, ホウ

十

とお, と, ジュウ

�

( CDP-8BAB )

コ

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

女

おんな, め, ジョ

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