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傑

傑

傑 U+5091, 傑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5091
← 傐
[U+5090] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 傒 →
[U+5092]
See also: 杰

Translingual

Han character

傑 (radical 9 人+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人弓手木 (ONQD), four-corner 25294, composition ⿰亻桀)

  1. hero
  2. outstanding, remarkable
  3. A (typically male) given name

References

  • KangXi: page 113, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 955
  • Dae Jaweon: page 240, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 204, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5091

Chinese

trad. 傑
simp. 杰

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 傑
Large seal script

L37891

L26871

L26872

L26873

L26874
Small seal script

s05669
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (桀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
桀 *ɡrad
傑 *ɡrad
榤 *ɡrad
嵥 *ɡrad
滐 *ɡrad
搩 *ɡrad
謋 *qʰʷraːɡ

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 傑
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕiɛ³⁵/
Harbin /t͡ɕiɛ²⁴/
Tianjin /t͡ɕie⁴⁵/
Jinan /t͡ɕiə⁴²/
Qingdao /t͡ɕiə⁴²/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕiɛ²⁴/
Xi'an /t͡ɕiɛ²⁴/
Xining /t͡ɕi²⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕie¹³/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕiə⁵³/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕiɤ⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡ɕie²¹³/
Chengdu /t͡ɕie³¹/
Guiyang /t͡ɕie²¹/
Kunming /t͡ɕiɛ³¹/
Nanjing /t͡ɕieʔ⁵/
Hefei /t͡ɕiɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕiəʔ⁵⁴/
Pingyao /t͡ɕiʌʔ⁵³/
Hohhot /t͡ɕiaʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /d͡ʑiɪʔ⁵/
Suzhou /d͡ʑiəʔ³/
Hangzhou /d͡ʑiəʔ²/
Wenzhou /d͡ʑi²¹³/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰie²²/
Tunxi /t͡ɕia⁵/
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕʰie²⁴/
Xiangtan /t͡ɕʰie²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕʰiɛʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /kʰiat̚⁵/
Taoyuan /kʰiet̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kit̚²/
Nanning /kit̚²²/
Hong Kong /kit̚²/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /kiat̚⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kieʔ⁵/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /kiɛ²⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /kiak̚⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /kit̚⁵/
Rime
Character 傑
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 薛 (83)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 渠列切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡˠiᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡᵚiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡiæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /giat̚/
Li
Rong		 /ɡjɛt̚/
Wang
Li		 /ɡĭɛt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gi̯ɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jué
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 傑
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jié
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ gjet ›
Old
Chinese		 /*N-[k]<r>at/
English remarkable; hero

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 傑
Reading # 1/1
No. 6462
Phonetic
component		 桀
Rime
group		 月
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 傑
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡrad/

Definitions

傑

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Compounds

  • 傑出／杰出 (jiéchū)
  • 初唐四傑／初唐四杰
  • 四傑／四杰
  • 地靈人傑／地灵人杰
  • 女中豪傑／女中豪杰
  • 怪傑／怪杰
  • 精心傑作／精心杰作
  • 英傑／英杰 (yīngjié)
  • 英雄豪傑／英雄豪杰
  • 豪傑／豪杰 (háojié)

Japanese

Kanji

傑

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. outstanding

Readings

Compounds

Proper noun

傑 ‎(hiragana すぐる, romaji Suguru)

  1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

傑 • ‎(geol) (hangeul 걸, revised geol, McCune-Reischauer kŏl)

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Vietnamese

Han character

傑 (kiệt)

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