羯
Ancient forms
1 formGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
jié jie2
- ram, esp. gelded
- to castrate
- deer's skin
- Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century
Words with 羯
- 羯羊 jiéyáng wether (castrated ram)
- 羯鼓 jiégǔ double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist
- 羯磨 jiémó karma (loanword)
- 羯鼓催花 jiégǔcuīhuā drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom
- 羯族 Jiézú Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century
- 羯胡 Jiéhú Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century
- 摩羯 Mójié Capricorn (star sign)
- 戎羯 RóngJié ancient ethnic groups in northwestern China
- 摩羯座 Mójiézuò Capricornus
- 魔羯座 Mójiézuò Capricorn (constellation and sign of the zodiac)