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絜

jié

Character

What 絜 means

1. clean

Other readings

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

• xiémarking line; pure; to regulate

Words containing 絜

• 较短絜长jiào duǎn xié chángto compare long and short; to compare the pros and cons
• 较长絜短jiào cháng xié duǎnto compare long and short; to compare the pros and cons

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
• 桀(emperor of Xia dynasty); cruel