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jiē Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiē | jie1
English translation
stairs, steps; degree, rank

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About jiē

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

jiē

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

hill

Etymology of jiē

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

阝皆

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

jiē

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and jiè represents the sound. Simplified form of jiē .

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Words with jiē

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
阶段 jiēduàn stage階段
台阶 táijiē steps臺階
无产阶级 wú chǎn jiē jí proletariat無產階級
阶级 jiē jí (social) class階級
jiē stairs jiē
阶层 jiēcéng hierarchy階層
资产阶级 zī chǎn jiē jí the capitalist class資產階級
中产阶级 zhōng chǎn jiē jí middle class中產階級
阶梯 jiē tī flight of steps階梯
工人阶级 gōng rén jiē jí working class工人階級
阶级斗争 jiē jí dòu zhēng the class struggle階級鬥爭
现阶段 xiàn jiē duàn at the present stage現階段
阶段性 jiē duàn xìng in stages階段性
音阶 yīn jiē musical scale音階
工薪阶层 gōng xīn jiē céng salaried class工薪階層
官阶 guān jiē official rank官階
石阶 shí jiē stone step石階
剥削阶级 bō xuē jiē jí exploiting class (in Marxist theory)剝削階級
小资产阶级 xiǎo zī chǎn jiē jí petty bourgeois小資產階級
阶地 jiē dì terrace (geography)階地
进身之阶 jìn shēn zhī jiē stepping-stone to greater power or higher rank進身之階

jiē Decomposition & Compounds

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