皎潔

Chinese

		bright; white	clean
trad. (皎潔)		皎	潔
simp. (皎洁)		皎	洁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎojié

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau² git³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎojié
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎojié
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³-chieh²
    • Yale: jyǎu-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaujye
    • Palladius: цзяоцзе (czjaocze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau² git³
    • Yale: gáau git
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau² git⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao² gid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵ kiːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: kewX ket

Rime
Character	皎	潔
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	古了切	古屑切
Baxter	kewX	ket
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/keuX/	/ket̚/
Pan Wuyun	/keuX/	/ket̚/
Shao Rongfen	/keuX/	/kɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛwX/	/kɛt̚/
Li Rong	/keuX/	/ket̚/
Wang Li	/kieuX/	/kiet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kieuX/	/kiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎo	jie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	giu2	git3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*keːwʔ  keːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	皎	潔
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	6335	6507
Phonetic component	交	丯
Rime group	宵	月
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	皎	結
Old Chinese	/*keːwʔ/	/*keːd/

Adjective

皎潔

1. (of moonlight etc.) bright; luminous; shining clean