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桀
jié
1. (emperor of Xia dynasty)
2. cruel
Common • Top 22% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

桀
jié
chicken roost; ancient emperor
10 丶

Compound Words (3)

桀王
JiéWáng
King Jie, the final ruler of the Xia dynasty (until c. 1600 BC), a notoriously cruel and immoral tyrant
桀贪骜诈
jiétānàozhà
brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)
桀骜不逊
jiéàobùxùn
arrogant and obstinate (idiom); unyielding

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
4,096
Word Frequency Rank
18,529 of 84,292