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.

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Variant of 冰Semantic

Words with 净

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)

匀净

yún jìng

even

吃干抹净

chī gān mā jìng

(idiom) to devour (food)

市净率

shì jìng lǜ

(finance) price-to-book ratio

More characters with 冫