Chinese symbol for “incorruptible”
廉洁
lián jié
Traditional: 廉潔
incorruptible; unbribable; honest
The closest CC-CEDICT match for incorruptible is 廉洁 (lián jié), defined as: incorruptible; unbribable; honest.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “incorruptible”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 廉 | lián | incorruptible; honest |
| 一尘不染 (一塵不染) | yī chén bù rǎn | (idiom) untainted by even a speck of dust; spotlessly clean; (of a person) honest; incorruptible |
| 冰清玉洁 (冰清玉潔) | bīng qīng yù jié | clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless; irreproachable |
| 玉洁冰清 (玉潔冰清) | yù jié bīng qīng | clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless; irreproachable |
| 廉直 | lián zhí | upright and honest; incorruptible |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 廉洁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 廉价 (廉價) | lián jià | cheaply-priced; low-cost |
| 低廉 | dī lián | cheap; inexpensive |
| 廉政 | lián zhèng | to govern with integrity; clean and honest government |
| 清廉 | qīng lián | honest; uncorrupted |
| 廉耻 (廉恥) | lián chǐ | honor and shame; sense of honor |
| 清洁 (清潔) | qīng jié | clean; to clean |
| 简洁 (簡潔) | jiǎn jié | concise; succinct |
| 纯洁 (純潔) | chún jié | pure; clean and honest |
See also: Japanese symbol for “incorruptible”.
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.