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潔

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • undefiled
  • pure
  • clean
  • righteous
  • gallant

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ケツ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • いさぎよ.い
Strokes
15
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1850
School Grade
Grade 5
Radical
水#85 · water

Components

Common Words

  • 潔いいさぎよいi-Adj.gracious (defeat, apology, etc.), graceful, honourable (e.g. death), noble, gallant, brave, manly, sportsmanlike
  • 潔白けっぱくNouninnocence, guiltlessness, purity, uprightness, integrity
  • 潔癖けっぺきna-Adj.fastidiousness, love of cleanliness
  • 簡潔かんけつna-Adj.concise, brief, succinct, compact (style)
  • 高潔こうけつna-Adj.noble, lofty, high-minded, virtuous, upright
  • 清潔せいけつna-Adj.clean, hygienic, sanitary
  • 不潔ふけつna-Adj.unclean, dirty, unsanitary, filthy
  • 潔斎けっさいNounreligious abstinence, purification

Practice in Kanjiru

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Related Kanji

癖mannerismN118 strokes簡simplicityN218 strokes清pureN211 strokes廉bargainN113 strokes瞭clearN117 strokes斎purificationN111 strokes

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