潔

See also 洁

Translingual

Han character

潔 (radical 85 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水手竹火 (EQHF), four-corner 3719₃)

1. clean, purify, pure

References

• KangXi: page 648, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18231
• Dae Jaweon: page 1058, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1743, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6F54

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Cantonese

Hanzi

潔 (simplified 洁, Yale git3)

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Japanese

Kanji

潔 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: けつ (ketsu)
• Kun: いさぎよい (isagiyoi)

Proper noun

潔 (hiragana きよし, romaji Kiyoshi)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

潔 (hangeul 결, revised gyeol, McCune-Reischauer kyŏl, Yale kyel)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

潔 (simplified 洁, pinyin jié (jie2), Wade-Giles chieh²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

潔 (khiết)

Readings

• Nôm: khét, khiết, khít

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999