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: あお（青）
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.