jié, jí
question
Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 吉 represents the sound. Simplified form of 詰.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 诘
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to scold | ||
to ask questions | ||
rhetorical question | ||
to cross-examine (law) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3405th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+8BD8 |
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