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橛

jué

Character

What 橛 means

1. a peg
2. low post

Other readings

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

• juéold variant of {橛|jué}

Words containing 橛

• 豆橛子dòu jué zi(Shandong dialect) cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)
• 别人牵驴你拔橛子bié ren qiān lǘ nǐ bá jué zilit. someone else stole the donkey; you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to…
• 人家牵驴你拔橛rén jiā qiān lǘ nǐ bá juésee 别人牵驴你拔橛子

Characters built on 厥

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

• 獗juéused in 猖獗
• 撅juēto protrude; to stick out; to pout (also written 噘)
• 蕨juéPteridium aquilinum; bracken
• 蹶juéto stumble; to trample; to kick (of horse)
• 噘juēto pout; (dialect) to scold
• 劂juéused in 剞劂
• 镢jué(dialect; bound form) mattock; hoe

Characters that look like 橛

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

• 撒sāto let go; to cast; to let loose
• 撤chèto remove; to take away
• 橄gǎnused in 橄榄
• 獗juéused in 猖獗
• 辙zhérut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. chè); (colloquial) the direction of traffic…
• 撅juēto protrude; to stick out; to pout (also written 噘)

Sounds the same

Read jué, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 觉to feel; to find that; thinking
• 决to decide; to determine; to execute (sb)
• 绝to cut short; extinct; to disappear
• 掘to dig
• 倔used in 倔强
• 爵ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle; nobility
• 角role (theater); to compete; ancient three legged wine vessel
• 脚role (variant of 角
• 诀to bid farewell; tricks of the trade; pithy mnemonic formula…
• 厥to faint; to lose consciousness; his
• 蕨Pteridium aquilinum; bracken
• 攫to seize; to snatch; to grab