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羯

jié

Character

What 羯 means

1. ram, esp. gelded
2. to castrate
3. deer's skin

Other readings

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

• JiéJie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century

Words starting with 羯

• 羯族Jié zúJie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century
• 羯磨jié mókarma (loanword)
• 羯羊jié yángwether (castrated ram)
• 羯胡Jié húJie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century
• 羯鼓jié gǔdouble-ended skin drum with a narrow waist
• 羯鼓催花jié gǔ cuī huādrumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum…

Words containing 羯

• 摩羯Mó jiéCapricorn (star sign); northern people in classical times, a branch of the Huns or…
• 摩羯座Mó jié zuòCapricornus
• 魔羯座Mó jié zuòCapricorn (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
• 戎羯Róng Jiéancient ethnic groups in northwestern China

Characters built on 曷

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

• 揭jiēto take the lid off; to expose; to unmask
• 歇xiēto rest; to take a break; to stop
• 竭jiéto exhaust
• 蝎xiē(bound form) scorpion
• 碣jiéstone tablet

Characters that look like 羯

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

• 操cāoto grasp; to hold; to operate
• 稿gǎomanuscript; draft; stalk of grain
• 竭jiéto exhaust
• 懒lǎnlazy
• 褐hèbrown; gray or dark color; coarse hemp cloth
• 踊yǒngleap

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
• 桀(emperor of Xia dynasty); cruel
• 诘(bound form) to question closely; to interrogate