The Chinese word 杰西卡 (Jiéxīkǎ) is a phonetically formed transliteration of the foreign name "Jessica", created by selecting individual Chinese characters whose pronunciations closely approximate the sounds of the original English name, "杰" (jié) for the "Je", "西" (xī) for the "ssi", and "卡" (kǎ) for the "ca", with no inherent meaning related to the name itself, following the standard Mandarin practice of adapting foreign personal names through sound-based characters.