Read Edit View history 傑 jié hero Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally written as 桀, which depicts two feet (舛) on top of a tree (木). 亻 (person) was later added to the character as a meaning component. Based on the original meaning, "to be elevated". The meaning later shifted to "outstanding person" and "hero". Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 杰 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 亻 is a component form of 人. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 傑 Simp strokes 傑 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts two feet (舛) on top of a tree (木). Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 傑 Simp strokes 傑 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 傑 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 282, 798 ], [ 300, 783 ], [ 317, 752 ], [ 284, 673 ], [ 169, 489 ], [ 109, 414 ], [ 71, 379 ] ], [ [ 216, 514 ], [ 233, 456 ], [ 228, 259 ], [ 212, 110 ], [ 218, 50 ] ], [ [ 446, 774 ], [ 456, 766 ], [ 469, 737 ], [ 439, 674 ], [ 356, 562 ], [ 331, 544 ] ], [ [ 443, 641 ], [ 519, 659 ], [ 538, 657 ], [ 549, 640 ], [ 514, 554 ], [ 456, 469 ], [ 371, 382 ], [ 313, 348 ] ], [ [ 376, 564 ], [ 401, 552 ], [ 427, 521 ] ], [ [ 655, 654 ], [ 706, 650 ], [ 812, 678 ], [ 849, 678 ] ], [ [ 611, 608 ], [ 628, 593 ], [ 641, 567 ], [ 632, 481 ], [ 662, 479 ], [ 834, 508 ], [ 883, 498 ] ], [ [ 712, 792 ], [ 732, 782 ], [ 753, 752 ], [ 755, 641 ], [ 746, 395 ] ], [ [ 371, 268 ], [ 417, 262 ], [ 740, 318 ], [ 788, 317 ], [ 830, 306 ] ], [ [ 552, 411 ], [ 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Q 284 761 266 709 Q 206 568 74 396 Q 64 386 62 379 Q 58 367 73 370 Q 106 379 192 486 L 219 521 Z", "M 192 486 Q 225 419 201 241 Q 194 189 180 135 Q 168 84 202 45 Q 203 42 206 40 Q 222 24 234 50 Q 249 90 248 135 Q 251 387 260 443 Q 267 470 258 480 Q 222 519 219 521 C 198 542 180 514 192 486 Z", "M 383 576 Q 401 595 438 639 L 449 653 Q 492 719 502 726 Q 509 733 505 745 Q 502 755 480 772 Q 461 785 445 786 Q 432 785 437 767 Q 450 737 396 646 Q 369 603 333 556 Q 326 549 324 543 Q 321 534 332 537 Q 333 537 370 564 L 383 576 Z", "M 438 639 Q 447 632 471 636 Q 516 648 519 642 Q 523 630 505 589 Q 490 543 440 482 Q 392 416 311 354 Q 292 342 308 343 Q 420 352 547 575 Q 571 626 586 636 Q 596 643 591 653 Q 587 662 545 679 Q 535 683 518 674 Q 497 664 449 653 C 420 646 416 645 438 639 Z", "M 370 564 Q 371 563 373 559 Q 406 511 426 507 Q 436 506 441 518 Q 442 528 437 543 Q 422 567 383 576 C 358 582 358 582 370 564 Z", "M 776 647 Q 801 654 830 660 Q 852 666 856 669 Q 863 676 859 683 Q 852 692 829 697 Q 804 701 781 690 Q 778 689 778 688 C 757 676 757 676 732 674 Q 729 675 728 674 Q 697 667 662 662 Q 632 656 654 644 Q 687 626 733 638 L 776 647 Z", "M 768 480 Q 831 489 873 487 Q 892 487 892 497 Q 893 507 863 522 Q 838 537 798 521 Q 792 521 770 515 L 732 508 Q 711 505 692 501 Q 670 494 660 497 Q 650 501 652 512 Q 656 533 663 554 Q 670 573 655 590 Q 631 617 614 617 Q 598 618 604 601 Q 626 558 618 518 Q 611 502 607 499 Q 597 484 604 472 Q 616 451 626 450 Q 633 450 652 458 Q 685 468 731 475 L 768 480 Z", "M 731 475 Q 727 415 737 390 Q 741 380 750 386 Q 768 399 768 480 L 770 515 Q 773 585 776 647 L 778 688 Q 781 731 786 751 Q 793 769 782 779 Q 769 791 744 803 Q 725 810 704 802 Q 694 795 706 781 Q 727 745 732 674 L 733 638 Q 734 563 732 508 L 731 475 Z", "M 617 280 Q 707 292 818 292 Q 836 293 840 301 Q 844 311 829 323 Q 778 359 711 338 Q 671 329 619 318 L 568 309 Q 480 294 374 276 Q 355 275 370 259 Q 383 247 399 243 Q 418 239 433 243 Q 494 262 568 273 L 617 280 Z", "M 568 273 Q 569 78 552 64 Q 542 58 474 75 Q 462 78 463 70 Q 464 64 473 56 Q 537 -4 557 -38 Q 570 -54 585 -41 Q 621 -11 620 58 Q 619 88 617 280 L 619 318 Q 622 340 629 357 Q 636 375 622 387 Q 597 408 569 418 Q 551 424 544 417 Q 538 411 548 396 Q 567 362 568 309 L 568 273 Z", "M 418 198 Q 391 152 357 110 Q 336 86 347 52 Q 351 36 372 45 Q 423 75 434 146 Q 441 174 438 196 Q 435 203 430 205 Q 423 205 418 198 Z", "M 711 197 Q 759 148 815 77 Q 830 56 845 51 Q 852 50 861 58 Q 874 71 864 115 Q 855 157 791 189 Q 781 199 714 227 Q 705 233 703 221 Q 702 208 711 197 Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.