jié

outstanding

Depicts a tree () and fire (). Simplified form of .

Components
木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

灬 meaning component

  Meaning component

biāohuǒ

  

fire

is a component form of .

Evolution

杰 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
杰 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
杰 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
杰 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
杰 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

jié

hero; outstanding, remarkable; heroic; outstanding person; prominent; distinguished

 

jié

variant of |[jié]

Most common words with 杰
Freq.
Word
Meaning

杰克

Jack (name)

hero

杰出

outstanding

周杰伦

Jay Chou (1979-), Taiwanese pop star

杰克逊

Jackson (name)

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 24.3953% of movies

513th most common character in movies

1129th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

Unicode

U+6770


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