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潔 = 水 + 㓞 + 糸
潔 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “undefiled”. It is built from 水 (water), 㓞 (flick knife) and 糸 (thread). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1668.
- Keyword
- undefiled
- RTK frame
- 1668
- Strokes
- 15
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ケツ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- いさぎよ.い
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- незапятнанный
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 潔 clean
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 潔 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “flick knife” + “thread”. 潔 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 潔 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.