洁

See also: 潔

洁 U+6D01, 洁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D01 ← 洀 [U+6D00] CJK Unified Ideographs 洂 → [U+6D02]

Translingual

Han character

洁 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水土口 (EGR), four-corner 3416₁, composition ⿰氵吉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 619, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17350
• Dae Jaweon: page 1014, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1602, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6D01

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 洁 – see 潔 (“clean; pure; innocent; to clean; to purify; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 潔).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		洁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jí (ji²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): git³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jí
    • Wade–Giles: chi²
    • Yale: jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: git³
    • Yale: git
    • Cantonese Pinyin: git⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjit

Rime
Character	洁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居質切
Baxter	kjit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kit̚/
Li Rong	/kiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/kĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ji
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gat1

Definitions

洁

1. ^† Name of a body of water.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C06132

Vietnamese

Han character

洁: Hán Nôm readings: khiết, khét, khít

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999