jié
wether
Phonosemantic compound. 羊 represents the meaning and 曷 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 羯
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to castrate | ||
Capricornus | ||
Capricorn (star sign) | ||
double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4952nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Unicode | U+7FAF |
Shuowen | “羯,羊羖犗也。从羊,曷聲。” |
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