This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ケツ、いさぎよ.い
Romaji: ketsu, isagiyo.i
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: きよ、きよし
Romaji: kiyo, kiyoshi
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Romaji

Meanings

undefiled, pure, clean, righteous, gallant

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  15
Radical Number:  85
Frequency:  1595
Grade:  5
Skip Pattern:  1-3-12
Korean Reading:  gyeol
Chinese Reading:  jie2
Unicode:  6f54
JIS:  3769

Indexes

Halpern Index: 744
Nelson Index: 2698
New Nelson Index: 3332
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3a12.10
Four Corner Index: 3719.3
Guide to Remembering Index: 659
Gakken Index: 1397
Japanese Names Index: 2615
Daikanwanjiten Index: 18231X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0253
Remembering the kanji Index: 1548
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1500
Kodansha Compact Index: 1249
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 686
Kanji in Context Index: 753
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 519
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 678
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1562
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1668
Essential Kanji Index: 672
Kodansha Kanji Index: 920
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 341
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 767
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 806

Words

簡潔 (かんけつ)
brevity; conciseness; simplicity
清潔 (せいけつ)
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
潔癖 (けっぺき)
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
潔白 (けっぱく)
innocence (i.e. not guilty); purity; uprightness
不潔感 (ふけつかん)
filthiness
純潔 (じゅんけつ)
purity; chastity
潔い (いさぎよい)
manly; sportsmanlike; gracious; gallant; resolute; brave; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; blameless; unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); pure; clean
高潔 (こうけつ)
purity; nobility
不潔 (ふけつ)
unclean; dirty; filthy; impure
品性高潔 (ひんせいこうけつ)
of lofty (noble, virtuous) character
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