净

jìng

clean

completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role

ice (冫) + sound (争) = clean and pure

The ice radical evokes cold water — something rinsed and purified. 争 mainly gives the sound jìng; the meaning of clean comes from the water/ice side.

冫+争→净
争To contendPhonetic
冫Variant of 冰Semantic

你把手洗净再来吃饭。

nǐ bǎ shǒu xǐ jìng zài lái chī fàn。

Wash your hands clean before coming to eat.

这件事净给我添麻烦。

zhè jiàn shì jìng gěi wǒ tiān má fan。

This matter only keeps causing me trouble.

Words with 净

净收入

jìng shōu rù

net income

洗净

xǐ jìng

to wash clean

洁净

jié jìng

clean

除净

chú jìng

to remove completely; to eliminate; to cleanse from

一干二净

yī gān èr jìng

thoroughly (idiom)

不干不净

bù gān bù jìng

unclean

不干不净,吃了没病

bù gān bù jìng , chī le méi bìng

a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb)

干净

gān jìng

clean

干净利落

gān jìng lì luo

squeaky clean

净心修身

jìng xīn xiū shēn

to have an untroubled heart and behave morally (idiom)

净身

jìng shēn

to purify one's body (i.e. to get castrated)

净身出户

jìng shēn chū hù

to leave a marriage with nothing (no possessions or property)

More characters with 冫

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