整洁
zhěng​jié HSK7

neat

整 zhěng orderly

Phonosemantic compound. 敕 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound.

Components

敕
敕 Meaning component
chì, sōu an imperial order or decree
正
正 Sound component
zhèng, zheng, zhēng correct

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyengXteŋʔ arrange; orderly

說文解字

《說文》：“整，齊也。从攴，从束，从正。正亦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

洁 jié clean Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 吉 represents the sound. Simplified form of 潔.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

吉
吉 Sound component
jí lucky

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

潔 jié clean Traditional

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

絜
絜 Sound component
jié, xié, qià a marking line

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartket[k]ˤetpure, purify
Zhengzhangkeːd
Unicodeget

說文解字

瀞也。从水絜聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)