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The character 洁 means cleanliness, purity, or spotlessness, applying to physical objects, environments, and moral integrity. Its traditional form 潔 pairs the semantic water radical 氵 (shuǐ) with the phonetic component 絜 (xié), which itself contains radicals for hands and silk. During simplification, the complex 絜 was replaced by 吉 (jí, meaning "auspicious"), creating the current form 洁. In this new structure, 吉 serves purely as the phonetic element, while the water radical 氵 maintains the core semantic link to washing and purification.
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这里的水很洁净。
妈妈把厨房打扫清洁了。
他的房间总是很整洁。
她是一个纯洁的女孩。
洁白的月光洒在地上。
廉洁的政府受到人民尊敬。
她的洁癖有时让人受不了。
保持个人清洁是良好的习惯。