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干净

gānjìng

clean

clean
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Characters in this word

干 gān

Strokes
3
Radical
十 — ten, tenth
Made of
一 one 十 ten, tenth
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

净 jìng

Strokes
8
Radical
冫 — ice
Made of
冫 ice 争 to dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 净

Example phrases

  • 房间很干净。 Fángjiān hěn gānjìng. The room is very clean.
  • 他的衣服很干净。 Tā de yīfu hěn gānjìng. His clothes are very clean.
  • 这里很干净。 Zhèlǐ hěn gānjìng. It's very clean here.

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