jié

question

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
讠 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

is a component form of .

吉 sound component

  Sound component

  

lucky

Evolution

诘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
诘 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
诘 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

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

Traditional script

Modern
诘 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

jié

question, interrogate; to investigate; to restrain; to scold

Most common words with 诘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to scold

诘问

to ask questions

反诘

rhetorical question

盘诘

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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