洁

潔
jié
#1,529 most
frequent character
clean

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

洁 has 氵 water as the meaning part and 吉 jí as the sound part. It first meant clean, not dirty.

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Homophones

HSK 5
节jié
festival, holiday, node, joint
截jié
. to cut, measure word for length
劫jié
to rob, to plunder
结jié
to knot

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