青 as Part of a Kanji
 

So I decided to group all the 青-using characters I knew or could find that are still in usage (excluding variants that use the old version of 青 (生＋円)) to take a look at meaning and reading for you guys.

Perhaps natives or other knowledgeable people can chime in with misunderstandings or characters that I have forgotten to include?

Basically there are five (I think) categorizations of kanji. One is the sound-based compound (形声文字), and one is the meaning-based compound (会意文字).

Most of these are a combination of the two (会意兼形声文字).

• 青 (あお、セイ、ショウ)—blue, green
• 鯖 (さば、セイ)—魚(fish)＋青(セイ)—mackerel
• 錆 (さび、セイ)—金(metal)+青(セイ)—rust
• 情(なさ、ジョウ、セイ)—心(heart)+青(セイ、ジョウ)=emoti on, actual conditions
• 晴(は、セイ)—日(sun)+青(セイ)=fine weather
• 清(きよ、セイ)—水(water)+青(セイ)=clear
• 精(セイ)—米(rice)+青(セイ)=refine, essence, spirit I'm not sure about how the etymology explains the meaning
• 請(こ、う、セイ)—言(speech/words)+青(セイ)=request
• 静(しず、セイ)—青(セイ)+争(the etymology is to pluck or pick, but as a radical it means scramble I think)=quiet
• 瀞(とろ、セイ)—水(water)+静(quiet,セイ)=a pool in a river (not sure if this translation is good...it's not really a popular character in Japanese)
• 靖(しず、セイ)—立(stand)+青(セイ)=pacify, peaceful (this is an archaic kanji I think)

If any natives could chime in on the bold parts, too, I'd be grateful.

For your reference,

精 - Wiktionary
瀞 - Wiktionary
靖 - Wiktionary

瀞 A part of river whose stream is slow.
靖 I dont know arcaic or not, it is so minor kanji that it is mainly used for name of person or place, and seems religious such as 靖国神社（Yasukuni shrine）.

Yeah, 靖国神社 is the only thing I knew with that kanji in it.

Thanks for the links, minminRW.

And I think our definitions of 瀞 are the same. Yours is just a better description for someone unfamiliar with the meaning. When I said "pool in a river," I was referring to when a river slows down, it forms a bit of a body of water like a pool so it looks something like this:

======O=====
川川川川川瀞川川川川

How's that for some terrible SJIS art? ;)

Haha! You are right.

靖 is often used as name of person.
Male:靖(yasushi),靖人(yasuto,yasihito) and 宮本恒靖(Miyamoto Tsuneyasu/Soccer player)
Female:靖子(yasiko),靖代(yasuyo)