羯 — Chinese character
羯
jié
wether, castrated ram; deer skin
- Pinyin
- jié
- Radical
- 123 ⽺ (Sheep)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 羊 曷
- Formation
- pictophonetic — sheep; meaning component 羊; sound component 曷
- Japanese
- 羯 as a kanji
Common words with 羯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 羯鼓 | jié gǔ | double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist |
| 羯磨 | jié mó | karma (loanword) |
| 羯羊 | jié yáng | wether (castrated ram) |
| 羯鼓催花 | jié gǔ cuī huā | drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom |
English words written with 羯
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.