桀 — Chinese character
桀
jié
chicken roost; ancient emperor
- Pinyin
- jié
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 舛 木
- Formation
- pictophonetic — tree; meaning component 木
- Japanese
- 桀 as a kanji
Common words with 桀
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 桀骜不驯 (桀驁不馴) | jié ào bù xùn | arrogant and obstinate (idiom); unyielding |
| 桀贪骜诈 (桀貪驁詐) | jié tān ào zhà | brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom) |
| 桀骜不逊 (桀驁不遜) | jié ào bù xùn | variant of 桀骜不驯 (jié ào bù xùn) |
| 桀骜不顺 (桀驁不順) | jié ào bù shùn | see 桀骜不驯 (jié ào bù xùn) |
桀 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 3 · Mencius 13 · Zhuangzi 20 · Great Learning 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.