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鲒

jié

Character Traditional 鮚

What 鲒 means

1. oyster

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
• 诘jié(bound form) to question closely; to interrogate
• 颉jiéused in 仓颉
• 劼jiécareful; diligent; firm

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