jié

person kneeling

Depicts a person kneeling.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (5 of 6 verified)

Sound (4)

Simplified (2)

Deleted (1)

說文解字

《說文》:“卪,瑞信也。守國者用玉卪,守都鄙者用角卪,使山邦者用虎卪,土邦者用人卪,澤邦者用龍卪,門關者用符卪,貨賄用璽卪,道路用旌卪。象相合之形。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica