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洁 · Cai Yong (v2)

洁 (jié, 2nd tone; traditional 潔) is cleanness with a moral second meaning. It is a late graph, and the honest way to say so is this: 潔 is not in Xu Shen’s original Shuowen at all — it stands among Xu Xuan’s Song-dynasty 新附 additions to 水部, $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart