洁 (jié): clean
洁 (jié) is a Chinese character meaning “clean.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 吉 (phonetic). It ranks #1521 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 洁 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- clean
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 洁
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 纯洁adjective | chún jié | pure |
| 清洁工noun | qīng jié gōng | cleaner |
| 整洁adjective | zhěng jié | neatly |
| 圣洁adjective | shèng jié | pure and holy |
| 清洁剂 | qīng jié jì | detergent |
| 贞洁adjective | zhēn jié | chastity |
| 简洁adjective | jiǎn jié | concise |
| 洁净adjective | jié jìng | clean |
| 洁西卡 | jié xī kǎ | Jessica (name) |
| 洁癖noun | jié pǐ | mysophobia |
| 洁白adjective | jié bái | spotlessly white |
| 保洁verb | bǎo jié | sanitation |
| 光洁adjective | guāng jié | bright and clean |
| 皎洁adjective | jiǎo jié | shining clean |
| 洁身自好 | jié shēn zì hào | clean-living and honest (idiom) |
洁 appears in 46 compound words: 30 as the first character, 37 as the last, and 33 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 洁 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Showing 2 of 3 idioms containing 洁.
Example Sentences
保持环境整洁卫生。
Bǎochí huánjìng zhěngjié wèishēng.
Keep the environment clean and hygienic.
社工陈尚洁喊话剀剀“在耶稣那里无病痛” 检察官:求...
shè gōng chén shàng jié hǎn huà 剀 剀 zài 耶 稣 nà lǐ wú bìng tòng jiǎn chá guān : qiú . . .
Social worker Chen Shangjie shouted "There is no pain in Jesus" Prosecutor: Please...
智慧经营/润泰精密材料总经理林依洁 三大策略 练就基本功
zhì huì jīng yíng rùn tài jīng mì cái liào zǒng jīng lǐ lín yī jié sān dà cè lüè liàn jiù jī běn gōng
Smart management/Lin Yijie, general manager of Runtai Precision Materials, three strategies to practice basic skills
...完甩一下后要不要洗手?接触生殖器后必须清洁吗
. . . wán shuǎi yī xià hòu yāo bù yāo xǐ shǒu ? jiē chù shēng zhí qì hòu bì xū qīng jié ma
Should I wash my hands after finishing? Is cleaning necessary after touching genitals?
涉造假访视纪录 剀剀案社工陈尚洁卸责:保母装爱小孩
shè zào jiǎ fǎng shì jì lù 剀 剀 àn shè gōng chén shàng jié xiè zé bǎo mǔ zhuāng ài xiǎo hái
Involved in falsifying interview records Social worker Chen Shangjie shirked responsibility: the nanny pretended to love the child
桃园清洁队马年开工收运 婉拒红包逾21万转捐公益
táo yuán qīng jié duì mǎ nián kāi gōng shōu yùn wǎn jù hóng bāo yú 2 1 wàn zhuǎn juān gōng yì
The Taoyuan cleaning team started work and transportation in the Year of the Horse, and declined more than 210,000 red envelopes to be donated to public welfare
我们一定要保持双手清洁。
Wǒmen yīdìngyào bǎochí shuāngshǒu qīngjié.
We must keep our hands clean.
清洁窗户后，我能很清楚的从窗户看出去。
Qīngjié chuānghu hòu, wǒ néng hěn qīngchu de cóng chuānghu kànchū qù.
After I cleaned the window, I could see through it clearly.
她有一颗纯洁的心。
Tā yǒu yī kē chúnjié de xīn.
She has a pure heart.
他的评论简洁且击中要害。
Tā de pínglùn jiǎnjié qiě jīzhòng yàohài.
His comment was concise and to the point.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
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