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光洁 (guāng jié) — bright and clean

Definition

Literary written word for a surface that is bright, clean, and smooth — stronger and more elegant than plain 干净, often used for skin, jade, or polished objects.

adjective
bright and clean

Examples

  • 光洁。
    Zhè kuài yù shí biǎo miàn fēi cháng guāng jié.
    The surface of this jade is very bright and clean.
  • 光洁，。
    Tā de pí fū guāng jié xì nì, xiàng yīng ér yí yàng.
    Her skin is bright, clean and smooth, like a baby's.
  • ，光洁。
    Shǒu shù hòu, shāng kǒu hěn kuài jiù guāng jié rú chū le.
    After the surgery, the wound quickly became as bright and clean as before.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

光guāngbright
洁jiéclean

光 means bright and 洁 means clean; together they describe something bright and clean.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 火火huǒfire
  • 卩卩jiékneeling person

The shape 光 places 火 (fire) above 卩 (a kneeling person), showing fire over the head and the shining of light.

Open 光 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 潔; 洁 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
絜
絜jié潔jié
Same sound today

The traditional form 潔 pairs 氵, a water part, with 絜, which gives the sound; the simplified 洁 is a later abbreviation.

Open 洁 →
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