Chinese Character Wiki

桔

jú, jié

Chinese bellflower

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 吉 represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

吉 sound component

吉  Sound component

jí

  

lucky

Evolution

桔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
桔 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

桔  

jú

Chinese bellflower; well-swept; the inner fibers of corn-stalks; variant of 橘[jú]

桔  

jié

Platycodon grandiflorus; water bucket

Most common words with 桔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

桔

tangerine

桔子

tangerine

桔梗

Chinese bellflower

金桔

kumquat

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.7460% of movies

2996th most common character in movies

3304th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+6854

Shuowen

“桔，桔梗，藥名。从木，吉聲。一曰直木。”


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