Memory phrase for the character: 洁
洁
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Meaning
clean, to purify
Pronunciation
jié
Explanation
Left: water 氵, right: happy 吉 (simplification of 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in the mouth 口 and is happy.)
Mnemonic
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The water makes you happy, if it is clean.
Radicals
氵
water Simplified from this water 水
吉
happiness This radical is a simplification of 喜, which also means “happiness”. There, a scholar 士 has a mouthful of beans 豆 and is happy.
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Vocabulary
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清洁
qīng jié
clean; purity
清洁
qīng jié