Read Edit View history 桀 jié cruel Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts two feet (舛) on top of a tree (木). Based on the original meaning, "to be elevated", now written as 傑. The current meaning "cruel" is a phoentic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas jié × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts two feet. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 桀 Simp strokes 桀 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 桀 Simp strokes 桀 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 桀 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 323, 788 ], [ 341, 769 ], [ 348, 748 ], [ 320, 693 ], [ 218, 555 ], [ 167, 508 ] ], [ [ 312, 634 ], [ 397, 656 ], [ 420, 653 ], [ 434, 636 ], [ 397, 546 ], [ 330, 450 ], [ 264, 387 ], [ 215, 357 ] ], [ [ 248, 549 ], [ 259, 553 ], [ 275, 542 ], [ 294, 526 ], [ 309, 498 ] ], [ [ 536, 657 ], [ 598, 654 ], [ 737, 688 ], [ 773, 687 ] ], [ [ 506, 606 ], [ 527, 583 ], [ 511, 509 ], [ 518, 506 ], [ 536, 505 ], [ 614, 525 ], [ 738, 546 ], [ 777, 546 ], [ 821, 536 ] ], [ [ 614, 795 ], [ 635, 784 ], [ 655, 758 ], [ 652, 471 ], [ 646, 400 ] ], [ [ 158, 292 ], [ 215, 283 ], [ 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320 652 C 291 645 276 638 305 631 Z", "M 235 553 Q 298 490 307 489 Q 314 489 318 497 Q 322 506 317 525 Q 313 549 253 572 C 225 583 214 574 235 553 Z", "M 680 651 Q 773 672 780 678 Q 787 685 783 693 Q 776 703 749 710 Q 730 713 684 698 C 655 689 632 681 631 681 Q 630 682 628 681 Q 589 671 543 666 Q 510 660 534 645 Q 573 627 626 639 Q 627 639 632 639 L 680 651 Z", "M 672 516 Q 697 523 806 524 Q 825 523 831 533 Q 835 540 819 551 Q 768 582 710 561 Q 698 561 674 553 L 632 544 Q 589 537 551 524 Q 529 517 535 536 Q 556 587 556 588 Q 552 597 523 612 Q 508 619 500 615 Q 491 608 498 596 Q 519 563 483 517 Q 468 511 471 493 Q 472 483 487 473 Q 499 466 509 475 Q 557 502 631 510 L 672 516 Z", "M 631 510 Q 628 419 636 395 Q 642 385 650 390 Q 669 405 670 482 Q 671 500 672 516 L 674 553 Q 677 605 680 651 L 684 698 Q 687 732 692 750 Q 699 769 688 780 Q 673 793 647 807 Q 626 814 604 806 Q 594 799 606 783 Q 624 747 631 681 L 632 639 Q 633 602 633 556 Q 632 550 632 544 L 631 510 Z", "M 520 307 Q 571 313 837 312 Q 858 312 862 320 Q 868 332 852 346 Q 801 386 762 378 Q 671 362 522 340 L 469 334 Q 327 319 161 302 Q 140 301 155 283 Q 168 270 187 263 Q 208 257 224 261 Q 320 286 428 297 L 520 307 Z", "M 519 305 Q 519 306 520 307 L 522 340 Q 523 365 527 379 Q 530 392 522 398 Q 500 419 480 428 Q 467 432 458 425 Q 452 421 459 411 Q 463 402 469 334 L 466 256 Q 466 142 450 69 Q 438 35 471 -20 Q 483 -41 492 -47 Q 504 -48 509 -35 Q 522 -2 519 29 Q 518 156 518 262 L 519 305 Z", "M 428 297 Q 388 189 159 48 Q 140 36 157 33 Q 196 29 291 83 Q 348 122 401 175 Q 440 214 466 256 C 500 309 449 349 428 297 Z", "M 518 262 Q 594 168 679 79 Q 703 54 744 51 Q 819 44 897 57 Q 916 58 919 64 Q 922 71 906 78 Q 705 157 627 214 Q 594 238 564 264 Q 537 289 519 305 C 497 325 499 285 518 262 Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old 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