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桀

jié

Character

What 桀 means

1. (emperor of Xia dynasty)
2. cruel

Words starting with 桀

• 桀王Jié WángKing Jie, the final ruler of the Xia dynasty (until c. 1600 BC), a notoriously cruel and…
• 桀贪骜诈jié tān ào zhàbrutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)
• 桀骜不驯jié ào bù xùnarrogant and obstinate (idiom); unyielding
• 桀骜不逊jié ào bù xùnvariant of 桀骜不驯
• 桀骜不顺jié ào bù shùnsee 桀骜不驯

Sounds the same

Read jié, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 结knot; sturdy; bond
• 节joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term…
• 捷victory; triumph; quick
• 杰(bound form) hero; heroic; outstanding person
• 洁clean
• 截to cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept
• 劫to rob; to plunder; to seize by force
• 竭to exhaust
• 桔used in 桔梗; used in 桔槔
• 婕used in 婕妤
• 羯ram, esp. gelded; to castrate; deer's skin
• 诘(bound form) to question closely; to interrogate