Thursday, November 7, 2024

Amazing Chinese Characters (743) Clean - 洁(潔)

 The big seal script of character Clean is

The left is character Water (Post 13), the right top means a deed carved on wood, the bottom is character Silk (Post 36). In ancient time, silk was very rare, very expensive, only King or high rank officers could afford to use. Here the silk is used to tie the deed wood because the deed is very important. The water on the left means the deed wood is washed by water often to keep it clean. 

The small seal script of character Clean is
Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character Clean is

The left is Radical Three Water Drops, the right is similar to the older script right parts.

The simplified song typeface of the character Clean is

The right change to character 洁 - Lucky, not only the meaning is different, but the pronunciation is different: Ji2. A very bad simplification.

The Pinyin of the character Clean is Jie2.




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