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jié
Rank #4536

Definitions

jié antagonistic; laboring hard; pressed

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 吉 represents the sound.

Semantic: 扌 Phonetic: 吉

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Related Characters

Component: 吉

结 洁 桔 诘 颉 秸 髻 黠 咭 佶 結 臺 蛣 鲒

Component: 扌

把 提 打 报 接 指 据 拉 持 技 找 推 投 护

Components

吉 扌

Example Words

拮据