晴
sunny; clear (weather)
qíng
What does 晴 mean?
晴 (qíng) is the adjective for 'clear / sunny' weather — a sky with no rain and few clouds. The character carries the 日 ('sun') radical on the left, a strong visual hint. 晴 is rarely used as a stand-alone adjective the way English uses 'sunny'; native speakers normally say 晴天 (qíngtiān, 'a clear / sunny day') or pair it in compounds like 晴朗 (qínglǎng, 'bright and clear'). Weather forecasts shorten it to a single character: 今天晴 ('today: clear'), 明天多云转晴 ('tomorrow cloudy turning clear'). Because 晴 describes the sky, you don't normally use it for a person feeling 'sunny / cheerful' — for that, switch to 开心 (kāixīn) or 阳光 (yángguāng). The opposite is 阴 (yīn, 'overcast') or 雨 (yǔ, 'rainy').
Character breakdown
clear; sunny (sky)
Memory hook: 日 (sun) + 青 (blue/clear) = a sun in a blue sky — clear weather.
Example sentences
今天是晴天。
Jīntiān shì qíngtiān.
Today is a sunny day.
neutral
明天天气怎么样？晴。
Míngtiān tiānqì zěnmeyàng? Qíng.
What's the weather like tomorrow? Clear.
spoken
下午雨停了，天也晴了。
Xiàwǔ yǔ tíng le, tiān yě qíng le.
In the afternoon the rain stopped and the sky cleared.
neutral
周末天气晴朗，我们去公园吧。
Zhōumò tiānqì qínglǎng, wǒmen qù gōngyuán ba.
The weather is clear this weekend — let's go to the park.
spoken
Common phrases with 晴
Synonyms
晴朗 is the fuller two-syllable form, slightly more written/descriptive: 'bright and clear.' Use 晴 in forecasts and short statements; use 晴朗 in writing or when you want a richer description.
Don't confuse 晴 with
情 ('feeling, emotion,' as in 爱情 'love') sounds identical to 晴 and the right side 青 is the same. The radical is the giveaway: 晴 has 日 (sun) for weather; 情 has 忄 (heart) for feelings.
请 ('please / to invite,' as in 请问) shares the 青 component but uses the speech radical 讠 and a third tone. Different word, different tone.
清 ('clear / clean,' as in 清水) also shares 青 but takes the water radical 氵 and is first tone. 晴 = clear sky; 清 = clear water / pure.