Chinese Character 潔 Meanings and components.

Form

潔

Meaning

潔 meaning[3] in English

Clean.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 潔 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and clean (絜)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EQHF

How to write 潔

To write潔jie2clean you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 絜jie2clean arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 絜 = 潔

潔 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 潔 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 潔, looks as follow:

潔
Pinyin:jie2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Clean
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
絜
Pinyin:jie2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Clean
㓞
Pinyin:qia4 Shape:吅
丰
Pinyin:feng1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Luxuriant . Buxom . Variant Of 豐|丰[Feng1] . Variant Of 風|风[Feng1] . Appearance . Charm
刀
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao
糸
Pinyin:mi4
Meaning[3]: Fine Silk . Kangxi Radical 120
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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