静

jìng

still

calm; quiet; not moving

Blue-green clarity (青) + sound (争) = still and quiet

青 evokes a deep, pure blue-green — the color of clear skies and still water — lending the sense of undisturbed calm. 争 is purely phonetic here, contributing the jìng sound rather than its combative meaning.

青+争→静
争To contendPhonetic
青Blue-greenSemantic

夜里很静,我很快就睡着了。

yè lǐ hěn jìng,wǒ hěn kuài jiù shuì zháo le。

The night was very quiet, and I fell asleep quickly.

他静静地坐在窗边,看着外面的雨。

tā jìng jìng de zuò zài chuāng biān,kàn zhe wài miàn de yǔ。

He sat quietly by the window, watching the rain outside.

Words with 静

静冈县

jìng gāng xiàn

Shizuoka prefecture southwest of Tokyo, Japan

僻静

pì jìng

lonely

静候

jìng hòu

to quietly wait

静止

jìng zhǐ

still

静宁

jìng níng

see 靜寧縣|静宁县[Jing4 ning2 Xian4]

郭居静

guō jū jìng

Lazzaro Cattaneo (1560-1640), Italian Jesuit missionary in China

镇静

zhèn jìng

calm

镇静剂

zhèn jìng jì

tranquilizer

镇静药

zhèn jìng yào

sedative

闲静

xián jìng

calm

雅静

yǎ jìng

elegant and calm

风平浪静

fēng píng làng jìng

lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment

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