懂中文 Dong Chinese

洁

jié

clean

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 吉 represents the sound. Simplified form of 潔.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

吉 sound component

吉  Sound component

jí

  

lucky

Evolution

洁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
洁 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
洁 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

洁 (潔) 

jié

clean, purify, pure; clean

Most common words with 洁
Freq.
Word
Meaning

清洁

clean

洁

clean

纯洁

pure

简洁

concise

清洁工

cleaner