揭
jiēJiē HSK6

raise

揭 jiē frequency
expose verb
to unmask or reveal a secret, truth, or wrongdoing

当众揭别人的短是不礼貌的行为。

dāng​zhòng jiē bié​ren de duǎn shì bù lǐ​mào de xíng​wéi.

It is rude to expose someone's shortcomings in public.

uncover verb
to take the lid, cap, or cover off something

他伸手揭下了贴在墙上的旧海报。

tā shēn​shǒu jiē xià le tiē zài qiáng shàng de jiù hǎi​bào.

He reached out and tore down the old poster on the wall.

揭 Jiē
surname proper name
surname Jie

揭先生是我们的新邻居。

Jiē xiān​sheng shì wǒ​men de xīn lín​jū.

Mr. Jie is our new neighbor.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,666th most common 56.3 per million
Movie subtitles
1,613th most common 36.4 per million appears in 15% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.16 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
9.26 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+63ED

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)