jié

clean

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

water

絜 sound component

  Sound component

jiéxié

  

a marking line

Evolution

潔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
潔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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jié

clean, purify, pure; clean

Most common words with 潔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

清洁

clean

clean

纯洁

pure

简洁

concise

清洁工

cleaner