Chinese symbol for “sharply”
截然
jié rán
sharply; distinctly; radically
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sharply is 截然 (jié rán), defined as: sharply; distinctly; radically.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sharply”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 截然.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 截至 | jié zhì | up to (a time); by (a time) |
| 截图 (截圖) | jié tú | (computing) screenshot; to take a screenshot |
| 截止 | jié zhǐ | to end; to close; (electricity) cut-off |
| 拦截 (攔截) | lán jié | to intercept |
| 截然不同 | jié rán bù tóng | entirely different; different as black and white |
| 截肢 | jié zhī | amputation (medicine); to amputate |
| 虽然 (雖然) | suī rán | although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc) |
| 然后 (然後) | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sharply”.
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.