The kanji 潔: meaning, readings and stroke order

潔

Meaning: clean, pure
On reading: ケツ ketsu
Kun reading: いさぎよ（い） isagiyoi
Strokes: 15
Radical: 水 water
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: trong sạch, dứt khoát (khiết)
Japanese: きよい。いさぎよい。
Korean: 깨끗하다, 떳떳하다 (결)
Chinese: 清洁、干脆 (洁)

Readings, words and example sentences

ケツ ketsu · on reading

清せい潔けつ
clean
食事の前は手を 清せい潔けつにします。
Before meals, I make sure my hands are clean.

いさぎよ（い） isagiyoi · kun reading · less common

潔いさぎよい
with good grace, without excuses
まけを 潔いさぎよく みとめました。
He admitted defeat with good grace.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.