潔 — kanji meaning “undefiled”
潔
undefiled, pure, clean, righteous, gallant
- Meanings
- undefiled, pure, clean, righteous, gallant
- On'yomi
- ケツ (ketsu)
- Kun'yomi
- いさぎよ.い
- Name readings
- きよ、きよし
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1595 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 85
- Chinese reading
- jié — Chinese character page
Words with 潔
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 清潔 | せいけつ seiketsu | clean; hygienic; sanitary |
| 潔白 | けっぱく keppaku | innocence; guiltlessness; purity |
| 不潔 | ふけつ fuketsu | unclean; dirty; unsanitary |
| 簡潔 | かんけつ kanketsu | concise; brief; succinct |
| 潔癖 | けっぺき keppeki | fastidiousness; love of cleanliness |
| 潔い | いさぎよい isagiyoi | gracious (defeat, apology, etc.); graceful; honourable (e.g. death) |
| 純潔 | じゅんけつ junketsu | purity; chastity |
| 廉潔 | れんけつ renketsu | honest; incorruptible; integrity |
| 高潔 | こうけつ kouketsu | noble; lofty; high-minded |
| 潔し | いさぎよし isagiyoshi | pride; disdain |
| 潔斎 | けっさい kessai | religious abstinence; purification |
| 貞潔 | ていけつ teiketsu | chastity; purity |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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