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Chinese symbol for “spotless”

冰清玉洁
bīng qīng yù jié
Traditional: 冰清玉潔
clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless; irreproachable; incorruptible

The closest CC-CEDICT match for spotless is 冰清玉洁 (bīng qīng yù jié), defined as: clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless; irreproachable; incorruptible.

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

冰 bīng
ice; ice-cold
radical 15 ⼎ · 6 strokes
清 qīng
clean, pure; clear, distinct; peaceful
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes
玉 yù
jade, gem, precious stone
radical 96 ⽟ · 5 strokes
洁 jié
clean, pure; to purify, to cleanse
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “spotless”

WordPinyinMeaning
玉洁冰清 (玉潔冰清)yù jié bīng qīngclear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless; irreproachable
皓白hào báisnow-white; spotless
察察chá cháclean; spotless

Related words

Other words that share a character with 冰清玉洁.

WordPinyinMeaning
冰箱bīng xiāngrefrigerator; (old) icebox
冰淇淋bīng qí línice cream
冰川bīng chuānglacier
冰雪bīng xuěice and snow
冰冷bīng lěngice-cold
冰块 (冰塊)bīng kuàiice cube; ice chunk
清楚qīng chuclear; distinct
清理qīng lǐto clear up; to tidy up
玉米yù mǐcorn; maize
清洁 (清潔)qīng jiéclean; to clean

See also: Japanese symbol for “spotless”.

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.