Kanji Details:
- 潔
- Frequency:1595
- Kun: いさぎよ.い
- On: ケツ
- Meaning: undefiled, pure, clean, righteous, gallant
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 清潔 せいけつ clean, hygenic, sanitary; pure, virtuous, immaculate 簡潔 かんけつ brevity, conciseness, simplicity 潔白 けっぱく innocence (i.e. not guilty), purity, uprightness 潔い いさぎよい manly, sportsmanlike, pure, upright 不潔 ふけつ unclean, dirty, filthy, impure 潔癖 けっぺき fastidiousness, love of cleanliness 高潔 こうけつ purity, nobility 潔く いさぎよく bravely, manfully 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 いさぎよし pride, disdain