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1.

Animated Stroke Order 洁

Watch the stroke order, then trace it yourself.

How to write 洁 — animated stroke order

2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 洁

洁 stroke order diagram

3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right

洁

洁=

4.

Printable Writing Worksheet: 洁

洁 handwriting practice worksheet preview

5.

How to Use 洁

Moral Purity / Integrity

Describes a person's moral character as honest, incorruptible, or chaste.

廉洁 • lián jié • honest; with clean hands • HSK 6

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6.

HSK Vocabulary: 洁

洁白 • jié bái • white

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

jié洁

bái白

7.

Example Sentences

tā他

dāng当

guān官

hěn很

lián廉

jié洁

Information

Pinyinjié

Meaningclean, pure

Strokes9

Radical氵

Traditional潔

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#1743

Zhuyinㄐㄧㄝˊ

UnicodeU+6D01

CangjieEQHB

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Water (氵) is pure (吉) — to clean or be spotless.

lián廉

jié洁

honest; with clean hands

纯洁 • chún jié • pure; clean and honest; chaste • HSK 6

HSK 6

chún纯

jié洁

pure; clean and honest; chaste

Physical Cleanliness / Tidiness

Describes something as clean, neat, or free from dirt.

清洁 • qīng jié • clean • HSK 6

HSK 6

qīng清

jié洁

clean

整洁 • zhěng jié • Neat / tidy • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

zhěng整

jié洁

Neat / tidy

洁净 • jié jìng • clean / pure • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

jié洁

jìng净

clean / pure

white

简洁 • jiǎn jié • concise / brief

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

jiǎn简

jié洁

concise / brief

。

He is very honest and clean as an official.

tā他

de的

shū书

zhuō桌

zǒng总

shì是

hěn很

zhěng整

jié洁

。

His desk is always neat and tidy.

bǎo保

chí持

fáng房

jiān间

qīng清

jié洁

hěn很

zhòng重

yào要

。

Keeping the room clean is important.

tā她

de的

xīn心

hěn很

chún纯

jié洁

。

Her heart is very pure.

tā她

chuān穿

zhe着

yí一

jiàn件

jié洁

bái白

de的

lián连

yī衣

qún裙

。

She is wearing a pure white dress.

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