in English

jié
clean

How it used to be written

These are the forms of 潔, the traditional character: 洁 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.

  • Small seal script: 潔 Small seal script

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

  • 他为精神的洁净和获得道的方法教深思,道是表示人类最高的精神理想的一个原则。

    He taught contemplation as a means of spiritual purification and the attainment of the Dao, a principle that signifies the highest spiritual ideals of mankind.

  • 小屋干净又整洁。

    The cottage was clean and tidy.

  • 我承认,我不是世界上最整洁的人。

    I admit, I'm not the tidiest person in the world.

  • 我的邻居是个十足的洁癖。

    My neighbor's a real mysophobe.

  • 这条河的水很洁净。

    The water in this river is very clean.

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