jié

be discreet

Components

Sound component
lucky
Meaning component
lì, li power

strength

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰriːd

說文解字

愼也。从力吉聲。《周書》曰:“汝劼毖殷獻臣。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica