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jié

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jié Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jié | jie2
English translation
clean, pure; to purify, to cleanse

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About jié

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

jié

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

water

Etymology of jié

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵絜

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

jié

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of jié .

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Words with jié

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
清洁 qīngjié clean清潔
jié clean jié
纯洁 chúnjié pure純潔
简洁 jiǎn jié concise簡潔
清洁工 qīng jié gōng cleaner清潔工
整洁 zhěng jié neatly整潔
洁净 jié jìng clean潔淨
圣洁 shèng jié pure and holy聖潔
洁白 jié bái pure white潔白
廉洁 liánjié honest廉潔
清洁剂 qīng jié jì detergent清潔劑
保洁 bǎo jié sanitation保潔
贞洁 zhēn jié chastity貞潔
洁癖 jié pǐ mysophobia潔癖
光洁 guāng jié bright and clean光潔
洁西卡 Jié xī kǎ Jessica (name)潔西卡
洁具 jié jù bathroom fittings (washbasin, bathtub, toilet etc)潔具
皎洁 jiǎo jié shining clean皎潔

jié Decomposition & Compounds

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