jí, jiè
mat
A plow 耤 is the means used to grow crops 艹
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 藉
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to insult | ||
to console | ||
in a mess | ||
to have a bad reputation | ||
excuse |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[dz]Ak | dzjek | jí | tribute (n.) |
*[dz]Ak-s | dzjaeH | jiè | straw bedding; (base oneself on:) depend on |
*[dz]Ak-s | dzjaeH | jiè | loan, borrow |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 3.7482% of movies
2686th most common character in movies
2615th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 17 |
Unicode | U+85C9 |
Shuowen | “藉，祭藉也。一曰：艸不編，狼藉。从艸，耤聲。” |
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