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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

干 gān
arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
radical 51 ⼲ · 3 strokes
净 jìng
clean, pure; to cleanse
radical 15 ⼎ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “clean”

WordPinyinMeaning
清洁 (清潔)qīng jiéclean; to clean
净 (淨)jìngclean; completely
打扫 (打掃)dǎ sǎoto clean; to sweep
扫除 (掃除)sǎo chúto clean; to clean up; to eliminate; to wipe out
洁 (潔)jiéclean

Related words

Other words that share a character with 干净.

WordPinyinMeaning
干部 (幹部)gàn bùcadre; official
干嘛 (幹嘛)gàn máwhat are you doing?; whatever for?
若干ruò gāna certain number or amount; how many?
干扰 (干擾)gān rǎoto disturb; to interfere
干涉gān shèto interfere; to meddle
净化 (淨化)jìng huàto purify
纯净 (純淨)chún jìngpure; clean
净利润 (淨利潤)jìng lì rùnnet 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.

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