漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
傑: greatness, excellence
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 亻person(meaning)
- 桀(sound)
亻 carries the meaning · 桀 gives the sound
13 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ケツketsu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 傑作けっさくmasterpiece; masterwork; chef d'oeuvre
- 傑出けっしゅつbeing outstanding; excelling; being foremost
- 豪傑ごうけつhero; bold person; daring person
Also read すぐれる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 杰 · traditional, as in Japanese · jié
Japan keeps the traditional form 傑; mainland China simplifies it to 杰.
- Simplified
- 杰 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 傑 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jié most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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