羯 - Dong Chinese dictionary

This information for this character has not been manually reviewed and may not be accurate.

jié

wether

Phonosemantic compound. 羊 represents the meaning and 曷 represents the sound.

Components

羊 Meaning component

yáng

sheep

曷 Sound component

hé

why? what? where?

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

jié

wether, castrated ram; deer skin; ram, esp. gelded; to castrate; deer's skin

Jié

Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century

Most common words with 羯

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	羯	to castrate
	摩羯座	Capricornus
	摩羯	Capricorn (star sign)
	羯鼓	double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4952nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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