淨 (jìng) — clean, pure; (in compounds) net

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淨 character · TOCFL 1 (est.)

淨＝氵＋爭

ㄐㄧㄥˋ · jìng

adj — clean, pure; (in compounds) net

字源 FORM — what the parts do

氵義water

爭聲zhēng — gives the soundtwo hands pulling at one thing — "to contend"

ITzhēng → jìng — the same 爭 in 靜 jìng, 睜 zhēng

Water (氵) plus 爭. 說文 names it a clear pool at the north gate of Lu; 爭 lends the sound, worn from zhēng to jìng, and it sets 靜、睜 too. From the clear water, the everyday sense: spotless — 乾淨、淨化. The accounting "net" (淨重) rides on the same word.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一池清水（氵），髒東西全被爭（爭）出去，剩下一片乾淨。

A clear pool (氵); every speck contended (爭) out of it — and what is left is clean.

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意 · Meanings

(本義)乾淨、潔淨— clean; spotless常用

→淨化— to purify

→淨重、淨利— net (weight; profit) — what is left clear

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension