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Chinese symbol for “purify”

净化
jìng huà
Traditional: 淨化
to purify

The closest CC-CEDICT match for purify is 净化 (jìng huà), defined as: to purify.

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

净 jìng
clean, pure; to cleanse
radical 15 ⼎ · 8 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “purify”

WordPinyinMeaning
纯化 (純化)chún huàto purify
提纯 (提純)tí chúnto purify
纯洁 (純潔)chún jiépure; clean and honest
提炼 (提煉)tí liànto extract (ore, minerals etc); to refine
澄chéngclear; limpid

Related words

Other words that share a character with 净化.

WordPinyinMeaning
干净 (乾淨)gān jìngclean; neat
纯净 (純淨)chún jìngpure; clean
净利润 (淨利潤)jìng lì rùnnet profit
洁净 (潔淨)jié jìngclean; to cleanse
净值 (淨值)jìng zhínet value; net worth
文化wén huàculture; civilization
变化 (變化)biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
现代化 (現代化)xiàn dài huàmodernization; 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “purify”.

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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