桔
jié

Chinese bellflower

桔 jié
balloon flower noun
character used in the compound name for the balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus)

桔梗的根部是一味常见的中药材。

jié gěng de gēn​bù shì yī wèi cháng​jiàn de zhōng​yào​cái.

Platycodon root is a common traditional Chinese medicine ingredient.

well sweep noun
character used in the compound name for a traditional counterweighted device used for lifting water

这种古老的桔槔依然保存在村边的水井旁。

zhè zhǒng gǔ​lǎo de jié gāo yī​rán bǎo​cún zài cūn bian de shuǐ​jǐng páng.

This ancient counterweighted well sweep is still preserved by the well at the edge of the village.

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Variant of

Frequency
Character
Written text
3,304th most common 6.76 per million
Movie subtitles
2,994th most common 3.52 per million appears in 2% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.28 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
10.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+6854

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