潔 — gyeol

Parts that make up 潔

How 潔 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 潔 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 絜.

Korean example words with 潔

• 개결介潔 Korean gloss: 성품이 깨끗하고 굳음
• 순결純潔 Korean gloss: 이성과의 육체관계가 아직 없음. 또는 그런 상태
• 담결하다淡潔 Korean gloss: 맑고 깨끗하다
• 지결하다至潔 Korean gloss: 아주 깨끗하다
• 청결하다淸潔 Korean gloss: 맑고 깨끗하다
• 염결하다廉潔 Korean gloss: 청렴하고 결백하다
• 곡결하다曲潔 Korean gloss: 성품이 간곡하고 깨끗하다
• 정결하다精潔 Korean gloss: 순수하고 깨끗하며 단아하다
• 정결하다貞潔 Korean gloss: 정조가 굳고 행실이 깨끗하다
• 고결하다高潔 Korean gloss: 성품이나 인격이 매우 훌륭하고 깨끗하다
• 결백하다潔白 Korean gloss: 행동이나 마음씨가 깨끗하고 조촐하여 아무런 허물이 없다
• 결백성潔白性 Korean gloss: 결백한 성질

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 潔

• 清潔せいけつ clean; hygienic; sanitary
• 簡潔かんけつ concise; brief; succinct
• 潔白けっぱく innocence; guiltlessness; purity
• 潔いいさぎよい gracious (defeat, apology, etc.); graceful; honourable (e.g. death)
• 不潔ふけつ unclean; dirty; unsanitary
• 潔癖けっぺき fastidiousness; love of cleanliness; uprightness
• 高潔こうけつ noble; lofty; high-minded
• 廉潔れんけつ honest; incorruptible; integrity
• 純潔じゅんけつ purity; chastity
• 貞潔ていけつ chastity; purity
• 潔斎けっさい religious abstinence; purification
• 潔しいさぎよし pride; disdain

Other hanja read “결”

Other hanja with radical 水