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Undefiled Ensure Remained Young Girl Growing Rough Area

Kanji
Onyomi ケツ
Kunyomi いさぎよ.い
Nanori きよ, きよし
English undefiled, pure, clean, righteous, gallant
Examples 清潔(せいけつ): (1) clean; hygienic; sanitary (2) pure; virtuous; immaculate
不潔(ふけつ): unclean; dirty; filthy; impure
簡潔(かんけつ): brevity; conciseness; simplicity
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade 5
Frequency 1595
Components 水: water
絜: marking line; ascertain; assess; measure
Number of Strokes 15
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 85
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading みず・したみず・さんずい
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword undefiled
Koohii Story 1 To ensure she remained undefiled, a young girl growing up in a rough area always kept a dagger concealed under her threads, even when she went into the water.
Koohii Story 2 (rgravina) To ensure she remained undefiled, a young girl growing up in a rough area always kept a dagger concealed under her Spiderman underwear (to remember the position of thread), even when she went into the water.

Tags: jlpt.n1, grade5, kanjifreq1501-2000

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