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傑

傑 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. すぐれる。すぐれていて目立つ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「人」+音符「桀」。「すぐれた」「突出している」を意味する漢語｛傑｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

greatness, excellence

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ケツJHS
Kun (native)
  • すぐ(れる)
Nanori (used in names)
  • すぐ
  • たけ
  • まさ
Other languages
  • 拼音jie2
  • 한글geol
  • Hán-ViệtKiệt

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5091

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻桀

Words using this kanji

  • 傑作けっさく文学、美術などで、作品の出来が特別優れていること。また、その作品。 ひどく滑稽で愉快な出来事や話。 ひどく滑稽で愉快である様子。masterpiece, masterwork, chef d'oeuvre, fine piece of work
  • 傑出けっしゅつ優れていて目立つこと。being outstanding, excelling, being foremost
  • 傑けつthe top (e.g. top ten), the best
  • 傑士けっし非常に優れた人物。傑物。great man, hero, outstanding person, distinguished person
  • 傑人けつじんoutstanding person, distinguished person, person of high caliber
  • 傑物けつぶつ非常に優れた人物。great person, distinguished person, outstanding figure, giant

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(19 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-11
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2529.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a11.6
Heisig
1074
Nelson
517