洁

jié

clean

Radical: 氵 Strokes: 9

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

海清法流游治河沙江油波深

Same radical

海清法流游治河沙江油波深没活洋

Stroke Order · 9 strokes (click to expand)

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Character Decomposition

洁=氵+吉

Etymology

water

Meanings

clean

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Words with 洁 186 total

noble and clean-living · lofty and unsullied高洁gāo jié shining clean · bright (moonlight)皎洁jiǎo jié concise · succinct · pithy简洁jiǎn jié

Idioms with 洁 26 total

clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless · irreproachable · incorruptible冰清玉洁bīng qīng yù jié clean-living and honest (idiom); to avoid immorality · to shun evil influence · to mind one's own business and keep out of trouble · to keep one's hands clean洁身自好jié shēn zì hào