傑

See also: 杰

傑	U+5091, 傑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5091

← 傐
[U+5090]

CJK Unified Ideographs

傒 →
[U+5092]

Translingual

Han character

傑 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+10 in Chinese, 人+11 in Japanese, 12 strokes in Chinese, 13 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 人弓手木 (ONQD), four-corner 2529₄, composition ⿰亻桀)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 113, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 955
Dae Jaweon: page 240, character 15
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 204, character 5
Unihan data for U+5091

Chinese

trad.		傑
simp.		杰^*
alternative forms		桀

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 傑
Small seal script s05669 Transcribed ancient scripts L37891 L26871 L26872 L26873 L26874
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (桀) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
桀	*ɡrad
傑	*ɡrad
榤	*ɡrad
嵥	*ɡrad
滐	*ɡrad
搩	*ɡrad
謋	*qʰʷraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡrad) : phonetic 桀 (OC *ɡrad) + semantic 亻 (“person”).

Etymology

Same word as 桀 (OC *ɡrad) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for etymology.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jié (jie²)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): git⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khie̍t / khia̍t
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kia̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): giag⁸ / giêg⁸
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸jiq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jié
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jié
  - Wade–Giles: chieh²
  - Yale: jyé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye
  - Palladius: цзе (cze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: git⁶
  - Yale: giht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: git⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gid⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːt̚²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khie̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: kied
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiad⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯et̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khia̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiad
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiad⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯at̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kia̍t
  - Tâi-lô: kia̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiat
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛt̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛt̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɛt̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛt̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: giag⁸ / giêg⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kia̍k / kie̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiak̚⁴/, /kiek̚⁴/

Note:

giag8 - hantou;
giêg8 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸jiq
  - MiniDict: jih^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵jjiq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑiɪʔ¹²/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 傑
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕiɛ³⁵/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕiɛ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕie⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕiə⁴²/
	Qingdao	/t͡ɕiə⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡ɕiɛ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕiɛ²⁴/
	Xining	/t͡ɕi²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕie¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕiə⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕiɤ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕie²¹³/
	Chengdu	/t͡ɕie³¹/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕie²¹/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕiɛ³¹/
	Nanjing	/t͡ɕieʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/t͡ɕiɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕiəʔ⁵⁴/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕiʌʔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕiaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/d͡ʑiɪʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/d͡ʑiəʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/d͡ʑiəʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/d͡ʑi²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕʰie²²/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡ɕia⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕʰie²⁴/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕʰie²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡ɕʰiɛʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/kʰiat̚⁵/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/kʰiet̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kit̚²/
	Nanning	/kit̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/kit̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kiat̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kieʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/kiɛ²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kiak̚⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/kit̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: gjet

Rime
Character	傑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	薛 (83)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠列切
Baxter	gjet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giat̚/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛt̚/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	git⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*N-[k]<r>at/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡrad/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	傑
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jié
Middle Chinese	‹ gjet ›
Old Chinese	/*N-[k]<r>at/
English	remarkable; hero
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	傑
Reading #	1/1
No.	6462
Phonetic component	桀
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	傑
Old Chinese	/*ɡrad/

Definitions

傑

Compounds

人傑／人杰 (rénjié)
人傑地靈／人杰地灵 (rénjiédìlíng)
俊傑／俊杰 (jùnjié)
傑作／杰作 (jiézuò)
傑克／杰克 (Jiékè)
傑克南瓜燈／杰克南瓜灯 (jiékè-nánguādēng)
傑出／杰出 (jiéchū)
初唐四傑／初唐四杰
四傑／四杰
地靈人傑／地灵人杰
女中豪傑／女中豪杰 (nǚzhōngháojié)
怪傑／怪杰 (guàijié)
精心傑作／精心杰作
英傑／英杰 (yīngjié)
英雄豪傑／英雄豪杰 (yīngxióngháojié)
豪傑／豪杰 (háojié)

Japanese

Shinjitai	傑
Kyūjitai ^[1]^[2]^[3]	傑󠄂 傑+`󠄂`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	傑󠄄 傑+`󠄄`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

傑

(Jōyō kanji)

outstanding

Readings

Go-on: げち (gechi)
Kan-on: けつ (ketsu, Jōyō)
Kun: すぐれる (sugureru, 傑れる)
Nanori: すぐる (suguru)、たかし (takashi)、たけし (takeshi)

Compounds

Proper noun

傑(すぐる) • (Suguru)

a male given name

References

^ “傑”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 190 (paper), page 145 (digital)
^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 143 (paper), page 83 (digital)

Korean

Hanja

傑 (eumhun 호걸 걸 (hogeol geol))

hanja form^? of 걸 (“hero”)
hanja form^? of 걸 (“remarkable, outstanding”)

Vietnamese

Han character

傑: Hán Nôm readings: kiệt

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[1] “傑”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

[2] Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 190 (paper), page 145 (digital)

[3] Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 143 (paper), page 83 (digital)

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