凈
jìngzhēng HSK6

clean

Phonosemantic compound. 冫 represents the meaning and 爭 represents the sound.

Components

冫
冫 Meaning component
bīng ice

Used here as a shorthand form of 氵 (water)

爭
爭 Sound component
zhēng strife, quarrel

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰreːŋ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

净 jìng clean Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 冫 represents the meaning and 争 represents the sound. Simplified form of 淨.

Components

冫
冫 Meaning component
bīng ice

Used here as a shorthand form of 氵 (water).

争
争 Sound component
zhēng strife, quarrel

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode