詰 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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jié, jí

question

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

Components

言 Meaning component

yán

speech

吉 Sound component

jí

lucky

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

jié

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

Most common words with 詰

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[kʰ]i[t]	khjit	jié	interrogate, reprimand

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3405th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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