Keyword
undefiled
- pure
- clean
- righteous
- gallant
- Frequency
- #1595
- Strokes
- 15
- Grade
- 5
- JLPT (old)
- N1
- Heisig
- 1668
Readings
ケツ80%
いさぎよ20%
Mnemonic
A germophobe king with a hat scrubs his katana with water drops and floss thread after every beheading, so the blade stays undefiled.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
潔い
gracious (defeat, apology, etc.); graceful; honourable (e.g. death); noble; gallant; brave; manly; sportsmanlike
I-adjective
不潔
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; filthy; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene; immoral
Na-adjective
潔癖
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness; uprightness; integrity; scrupulousness; probity; intolerance of dishonesty
Noun