Chinese symbol for “clean”
干净
gān jìng
Traditional: 乾淨
clean; neat
The closest CC-CEDICT match for clean is 干净 (gān jìng), defined as: clean; neat.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “clean”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 清洁 (清潔) | qīng jié | clean; to clean |
| 净 (淨) | jìng | clean; completely |
| 打扫 (打掃) | dǎ sǎo | to clean; to sweep |
| 扫除 (掃除) | sǎo chú | to clean; to clean up; to eliminate; to wipe out |
| 洁 (潔) | jié | clean |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 干净.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 干部 (幹部) | gàn bù | cadre; official |
| 干嘛 (幹嘛) | gàn má | what are you doing?; whatever for? |
| 若干 | ruò gān | a certain number or amount; how many? |
| 干扰 (干擾) | gān rǎo | to disturb; to interfere |
| 干涉 | gān shè | to interfere; to meddle |
| 净化 (淨化) | jìng huà | to purify |
| 纯净 (純淨) | chún jìng | pure; clean |
| 净利润 (淨利潤) | jìng lì rùn | net profit |
See also: Japanese symbol for “clean”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.