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潔

潔 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「水」 + 音符「絜」。「きよい」「いさぎよい」を意味する漢語｛潔｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

undefiled, pure, clean, righteous, gallant

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ケツElem.
Kun (native)
  • いさぎよ(い)HS
Nanori (used in names)
  • きよ
  • きよし
Other languages
  • 拼音jie2
  • 한글gyeol
  • Hán-ViệtKhiết

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6F54

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵絜

Words using this kanji

  • 潔白けっぱく心や行いが綺麗で正しい様子。innocence, guiltlessness, purity, uprightness
  • 潔いいさぎよい「いさぎよい」参照。gracious (defeat, apology, etc.), graceful, honourable (e.g. death), noble
  • 潔癖けっぺき極度に不潔や不正を嫌うこと。また、そのような性格。fastidiousness, love of cleanliness, uprightness, integrity
  • 潔斎けっさい神事や仏事を行う前に心身を清めること。religious abstinence, purification
  • 潔しいさぎよしpride, disdain
  • 潔癖性けっぺきしょうobsession with cleanliness, fastidiousness
  • 潔癖症けっぺきしょう神経質なほどのきれい好き、清潔好きのこと。ともいう。身辺のあらゆるものが不潔に思えて、消毒や手洗いなくしては日常生活が送れないような状態を指し、あまりに過度になると強迫性障害の一種であると考えられる。 不正や汚職を嫌い、道徳的な清潔さを過度に求める人。fastidiousness, fussiness about cleanliness, etc., clean-freak
  • 潔しとせずいさぎよしとせずfind it against one's conscience (to do), too proud (to do)
  • 潔しとしないいさぎよしとしないfind it against one's conscience (to do), too proud (to do)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

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