jié
cut off
A bird 隹 cut off from its nest 十 by a weapon 戈
Evolution
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
jié
cut off, stop, obstruct, intersect; to cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept; section; chunk; length
Most common words with 截
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
up to (a time) | ||
to stop | ||
to close | ||
to intercept | ||
entirely different |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[dz]ˤet | dzet | jié | cut, trim |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 13.2629% of movies
1832nd most common character in movies
1552nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 14 |
Unicode | U+622A |
Sources
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