羯
Ancient forms
1 form- Small sealQin–Han
- 羯RegularToday
Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
jié jie2
- ram, esp. gelded
- to castrate
- deer's skin
Jié jie2
- Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century
Words with 羯
- 羯羊jiéyángwether (castrated ram)
- 羯鼓jiégǔdouble-ended skin drum with a narrow waist
- 羯磨jiémókarma (loanword)
- 羯鼓催花jiégǔcuīhuādrumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom
- 羯族JiézúJie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century
- 羯胡JiéhúJie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century
- 摩羯MójiéCapricorn (star sign)
- 戎羯RóngJiéancient ethnic groups in northwestern China
- 摩羯座MójiézuòCapricornus
- 魔羯座MójiézuòCapricorn (constellation and sign of the zodiac)