jié

cut off

A bird  cut off from its nest  by a weapon 

Components
十 meaning component

  Meaning component

shí

  

ten

隹 meaning component

  Meaning component

zhuī

  

bird

戈 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

spear

Evolution

截 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
截 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

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

截至

up to (a time)

to stop

截止

to close

拦截

to intercept

截然不同

entirely different