Chinese symbol for “athletic”
矫捷
jiǎo jié
Traditional: 矯捷
vigorous and nimble; athletic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for athletic is 矫捷 (jiǎo jié), defined as: vigorous and nimble; athletic.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 矫捷.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 矫正 (矯正) | jiǎo zhèng | to correct; to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision) |
| 矫情 (矯情) | jiáo qing | (Beijing dialect) argumentative; unreasonable |
| 矫治 (矯治) | jiǎo zhì | to correct (e.g. sight or hearing); to rectify |
| 矫健 (矯健) | jiǎo jiàn | strong and healthy; vigorous |
| 矫枉过正 (矯枉過正) | jiǎo wǎng guò zhèng | to overcorrect (idiom); to overcompensate |
| 捷运 (捷運) | jié yùn | (Tw) mass rapid transit (MRT); subway |
| 便捷 | biàn jié | convenient and fast |
| 快捷 | kuài jié | quick; fast |
See also: Japanese symbol for “athletic”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.