矫捷
jiǎo​jié

nimble

矫 jiǎo, jiáo, jiāo correct Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 矢 represents the meaning and 乔 represents the sound. Simplified form of 矯.

Components

矢
矢 Meaning component
shǐ arrow
乔
乔 Sound component
qiáo, jiǎo tall

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

捷 jié win

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

疌
疌 Sound component
jié, qiè a type of sickness

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzjep[dz][a]pvictory
Zhengzhangzeb
Unicodedzhiɛp

說文解字

獵也。軍獲得也。从手疌聲。《春秋傳》曰：“齊人來獻戎捷。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

矯 correct Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 矢 represents the meaning and 喬 represents the sound.

Components

矢
矢 Meaning component
shǐ arrow
喬
喬 Sound component
tall

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjewX[k](r)[a]wʔfalsify
Zhengzhangkrewʔ
Unicodegyɛ̌u

說文解字

揉箭箝也。从矢喬聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)