Chinese Character Wiki
介

jiè

to lie between

Depicts a person between two lines.

Components
人 iconic component

人  Iconic component

rén

  

person

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts two things the person is standing between.

Evolution

介 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
介 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
介 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

介  

jiè

forerunner, herald, harbinger; to lie between; sea shell; to wear armor; to introduce; between; shell; armor

Most common words with 介
Freq.
Word
Meaning

介绍

to introduce (sb to sb)

介意

to care about

介

between

介入

to intervene

中介

to link

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

骱

Sound component in 8 characters (3 verified)

界 价 阶 尬 芥 疥 蚧 骱

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

养

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kˤr[e]p-s

keajH

jiè

armour; scale of animals


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 57.8248% of movies

773rd most common character in movies

831st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+4ECB

Shuowen

“介，畫也。从八，从人。人各有介。”


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