整洁

zhěng jié · HSK 7

tidy

🧹✨ 整 = tidy/arrange + 洁 = clean; together = neat and spotless

整 — 束 bundle + 攵 tap/strike + 正 correct/upright
A compound character combining 敕 (to arrange, with 束 'bundle' and 攵 'strike/action') over 正 ('upright, correct'). The image is of striking a bundle into proper alignment, giving the meaning 'to put in order, arrange neatly.' From this came senses of 'whole, complete, tidy.'

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