Moto 潔: Undefiled; Pure; CleanKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ケツ
- Kun'yomi
- いさぎよ(い)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 5
- Words
- 25 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ケツ)
- 清潔せいけつclean; hygienic
- 簡潔かんけつconcise; brief
- 不潔ふけつunclean; dirty
- 廉潔れんけつhonest; incorruptible
- 高潔こうけつnoble; lofty
- 不潔恐怖症ふけつきょうふしょうmysophobia; germophobia
- 品性高潔ひんせいこうけつof lofty (noble, virtuous) character
- 清潔感せいけつかん(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness
- 潔斎けっさいreligious abstinence; purification
- 簡潔明瞭かんけつめいりょうclear and concise
- 精進潔斎しょうじんけっさいpurifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat
- 純潔じゅんけつpurity; chastity
- 純潔教育じゅんけつきょういくeducation in sexual morality
- 貞潔ていけつchastity; purity
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 潔いいさぎよいmanly; sportsmanlike
- 潔しいさぎよしpride; disdain
- 潔しとしないいさぎよしとしないfind it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do)
- 潔しとせずいさぎよしとせずfind it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do)
Other readings
- 潔白けっぱくinnocence; guiltlessness
- 潔癖けっぺきfastidiousness; love of cleanliness
- 清廉潔白せいれんけっぱくbeing upright and cleanhanded
- 清浄潔白せいじょうけっぱくupright and clean-handed; pure in heart and with a clean conscience
- 潔よいいさぎよいmanly; sportsmanlike
- 潔癖性けっぺきしょうobsession with cleanliness; fastidiousness
- 潔癖症けっぺきしょうfastidiousness; fussiness about cleanliness, etc.
Kanji that often appear with 潔
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