TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
潔
潔 ＝ 水 ＋ 絜
ㄐㄧㄝˊ · jié
adj — clean, pure, spotless
字源 FORM — what the parts do
絜聲jié — gives the sound
Water (氵) that leaves a thing clean — spotless. 絜 jié carries the sound, unchanged. From washed-clean: 清潔, 整潔; and pure white is 潔白.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
清水（氵）一遍遍沖過去，污痕都走了——乾淨了。
Clear water (氵) runs over it again and again, the stains gone — clean.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)清潔、整潔— clean, neat常用
→潔白— pure white, spotless常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
絜jiéthe bare phonetic — 絜 (with 糸) is to measure round with a cord; 潔 adds 氵 for washing clean