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秸

jiē

Character

What 秸 means

1. grain stalks left after threshing

Other readings

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

• jiēvariant of {秸|jiē}

Words starting with 秸

• 秸秆jiē gǎnstraw

Words containing 秸

• 麦秸mài jiēstraw from barley or wheat
• 秫秸shú jiesorghum stalk

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
• 桔jiéused in 桔梗; used in 桔槔
• 拮jiéantagonistic; laboring hard; pressed
• 诘jié(bound form) to question closely; to interrogate
• 颉jiéused in 仓颉
• 劼jiécareful; diligent; firm
• 鲒jiéoyster

Characters that look like 秸

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

• 综zōng(bound form) to synthesize; to combine; Taiwan pr. zòng
• 稍shāosomewhat; a little
• 猫māocat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword; colloquial) modem
• 粘zhānto glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to
• 跆táito trample, to kick
• 铉xuànstick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripod cauldron in ancient times in…

Sounds the same

Read jiē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 接to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb
• 街street
• 阶rank or step; stairs
• 揭to take the lid off; to expose; to unmask
• 皆all; each and every; in all cases
• 楷Chinese pistachio tree (Pistacia chinensis)
• 结(of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. jié
• 嗟sigh; also pr. juē
• 疖pimple; sore; boil
• 椄(archaic) to graft (a branch, bud etc)
• 湝flowing (of water)
• 喈harmonious (of music)