音読み: セイ・ジョウ
訓読み: しず・しずか・しずまる
画数: 14
部首: 青（あお）
Meaning
Quiet / Calm / Stillness
- Basic forms
- 静まる — to calm down; to become quiet / base form
- 静まります — calms down; becomes quiet / masu form
- 静まった — calmed down; became quiet / ta form
- 静まって — calm down and … / te-form
- 静まらない — does not calm down / negative
- 静まれば — if it calms down / conditional
- Common expressions
- 嵐が静まる — the storm calms down
- 騒ぎが静まった — the commotion settled
- 怒りが静まる — anger subsides
- More
- 静まろう — let it calm down / 〜よう form
- 静まっている — is calm; has settled / state
静まる（しずまる） is a godan verb. It describes something becoming calm or quiet **on its own**, such as noise, emotions, weather, or situations.
- 静か — quiet / calm
- 静まる — to quiet down
- 静止 — stillness / standstill
- 安静 — rest / tranquility
- 静寂 — silence / serenity
静 combines 青 (“blue/green”) and 争 (“conflict”). Originally it suggested pacifying conflict, thus symbolizing peace and calm. Over time, it came to represent tranquility, stillness, and silence.
この部屋は とても静かです。
This room is very quiet.
彼の心は 静まった。
His mind became calm.
安静が 必要です。
You need to rest quietly.
静止 — stillness / standstill