ㄐㄧㄝ ˊ

jié

knot

結 is a 12 stroke, traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as jié in the second tone, however it can also be pronounced as jiē.

In simplified Chinese the character 结 is used.

It is made up of the components 糹 (silk) and 吉 (lucky).

  • 結
    ㄐㄧㄝ ˊ

    jié

    knot

    • 糹
      ㄙ

      sī

      silk

    • 吉
      ㄐㄧ ˊ

      jí

      lucky

2 stories have been written about this character — see all
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Charlie's professor of anthropolo[gy e]xplains that they believed it was LUCKY to gather together to <TIE> the SILK net's <knot>s.
by vms5q

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I found an opening in the ground to buy my jie jie's lucky silks
by JakieBrock

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Pronunciation

We found 2 pronunciations for 結

jié
jiē

Definitions for 結 pronounced as jié

  • knot
  • sturdy
  • bond
  • to tie
  • to bind
  • to check out (of a hotel)

Definitions for 結 pronounced as jiē

  • (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds)
  • Taiwan pr. [jie2]

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