潔 – undefiled, pure, clean

15 strokesTaught in grade 5#1595 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 潔 means undefiled, pure, clean, righteous, gallant. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケツ (ketsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いさぎよ.い (isagiyoi). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケツ	ketsu
Kun’yomi	いさぎよ.い	isagiyoi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 糸・幺・小・汁・土・刀・亠・二.

Words using 潔

清潔せいけつclean不潔ふけつunclean簡潔かんけつconcise

Example sentences

その別荘は清潔で整然としていた。

The cottage was clean and tidy.

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レストランの不潔な皿に私達は吐き気を催させられた。

The dirty plates in the restaurant disgusted us.

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簡潔は機知の精髄。

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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