净
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clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role
- HSK 3.0
- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 冫 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 凈
- Common rank
- #1,524
- Unicode
- U+51C0
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
clean · Heisig RSH #952
ice + 争 contend
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 净
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 干净 | clean; neat | |
| 不干不净，吃了没病 | a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb); a couple of germs won't do you any harm | |
| 空气净化器 | air purifier | |
| 眼不见为净 | what remains unseen is deemed to be clean; what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't gri… | |
| 手脚不干净 | thieving; light-fingered; prone to stealing | |
| 不干不净 | unclean; filthy; foul-mouthed | |
| 一干二净 | thoroughly (idiom); completely; one and all; very clean | |
| 干净利落 | squeaky clean; neat and tidy; efficient | |
| 净水器 | water purifier | |
| 净身出户 | to leave a marriage with nothing (no possessions or property) | |
| 耳根清净 | lit. ears pure and peaceful (idiom); to stay away from the filth and unrest of the world | |
| 市净率 | (finance) price-to-book ratio | |
| 净收入 | net income; net profit | |
| 净利率 | net profit margin; net margin | |
| 净水 | purified water; to purify water | |
| 白净 | (of skin) fair and clear | |
| 净化 | to purify | |
| 净手 | to wash one's hands; (fig.) to go to the toilet | |
| 净高 | (architecture) clear height; vertical clearance (from the floor to the lowest hanging obje… | |
| 净利 | net profit |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 争 — compare how they read.