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桔

jié

HSK 5 Character

What 桔 means

1. used in {桔梗|jié gěng}
2. used in {桔槔|jié gāo}

Other readings

桔 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• júvariant of {橘|jú}

Words starting with 桔

• 桔梗jié gěngChinese bellflower; balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
• 桔槔jié gāowell sweep (device for raising and lowering a bucket in a well, using a pivoted pole)
• 桔子jú zivariant of 橘子

Words containing 桔

• 金桔jīn júkumquat
• 洋桔梗yáng jié gěng(botany) lisianthus; prairie gentian (Eustoma russellianum)

Characters built on 吉

These share the phonetic component 吉 (jí), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 结jiéknot; sturdy; bond
• 洁jiéclean
• 拮jiéantagonistic; laboring hard; pressed
• 秸jiēgrain stalks left after threshing
• 诘jié(bound form) to question closely; to interrogate
• 颉jiéused in 仓颉
• 劼jiécareful; diligent; firm
• 鲒jiéoyster

Characters that look like 桔

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 核hépit; stone; nucleus
• 柱zhùpillar
• 硅guīsilicon (chemistry)
• 桂guìcassia; laurel
• 枯kū(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring
• 梧wúSterculia platanifolia

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
• 婕used in 婕妤
• 羯ram, esp. gelded; to castrate; deer's skin
• 桀(emperor of Xia dynasty); cruel
• 诘(bound form) to question closely; to interrogate