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Chinese symbol for “detergent”

清洁剂
qīng jié jì
Traditional: 清潔劑
detergent; cleaning solution

The closest CC-CEDICT match for detergent is 清洁剂 (qīng jié jì), defined as: detergent; cleaning solution.

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Characters and stroke order

清 qīng
clean, pure; clear, distinct; peaceful
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes
洁 jié
clean, pure; to purify, to cleanse
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes
剂 jì
dose; medicine; measure word for medicines
radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “detergent”

WordPinyinMeaning
去垢剂 (去垢劑)qù gòu jìdetergent
洗洁剂 (洗潔劑)xǐ jié jìdetergent
除垢剂 (除垢劑)chú gòu jìdetergent
洗涤剂 (洗滌劑)xǐ dí jìcleaning agent; detergent

Related words

Other words that share a character with 清洁剂.

WordPinyinMeaning
清楚qīng chuclear; distinct
清理qīng lǐto clear up; to tidy up
清晰qīng xīclear; distinct
高清gāo qīnghigh definition (television etc); high fidelity (audio)
清洁 (清潔)qīng jiéclean; to clean
清醒qīng xǐngclear-headed; sober
简洁 (簡潔)jiǎn jiéconcise; succinct
纯洁 (純潔)chún jiépure; clean and honest
剂量 (劑量)jì liàngdosage; prescribed dose of medicine

See also: Japanese symbol for “detergent”.

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.