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Kanji for Clean
The kanji for “clean” is 潔, read ketsu and written in 15 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
潔
clean
Pure and clean; honest and upright.
15 strokes On reading ケツ (ketsu) Kun reading いさぎよい (isagiyoi) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: undefiled, pure, clean, righteous, gallant
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kiyo
In Japan it appears in about 65 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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