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诘

jié

Character Traditional 詰

What 诘 means

1. bound formto question closely; to interrogate

Words starting with 诘

• 诘问jié wènto ask questions; to interrogate

Words containing 诘

• 反诘fǎn jiéto ask (a question) in reply; to answer a question with a question; rhetorical question
• 盘诘pán jiéto cross-examine (law)
• 反诘问fǎn jié wènto cross-examine

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
• 秸jiēgrain stalks left after threshing
• 颉jiéused in 仓颉
• 劼jiécareful; diligent; firm
• 鲒jiéoyster

Characters that look like 诘

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

• 这zhè(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this…
• 该gāishould; ought to; probably
• 话huàdialect; language; spoken words
• 语yǔdialect; language; speech
• 诶xīsigh (to express regret)
• 佶jídifficult to pronounce

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