桀

Derived characters

 * 傑, 𠹳, 嵥, 搩, 滐, 榤, 㻧, 磔, 謋, 䮪, 椉(乘,乗), 𡩣

Glyph origin
In,. In the modern script, has corrupted into.

Etymology 1
According to, and  are the same word meaning "outstanding > hero"; insides Sinitic, it is cognate to ; outsides Sinitic, it is related to either 🇨🇬 or 🇨🇬.

STEDT reconstructs for  ~  and.

Definitions

 * 1) chicken roost
 * 2) Jie of Xia, an ancient emperor
 * 3) fierce; brutal; cruel
 * 4) to lift; to raise; to shoulder; to bear
 * 1) fierce; brutal; cruel
 * 2) to lift; to raise; to shoulder; to bear
 * 1) to lift; to raise; to shoulder; to bear
 * 1) to lift; to raise; to shoulder; to bear

Usage notes
Barnwell (2013) proposes that the mentioned in  "Airs of  - Bo Xi" was indeed Jié of Xià (夏桀).

Definitions

 * 1)  to be not in harmony; to be incompatible; to be contrary
 * 2)  to impede; to obstruct; to hinder
 * 3)  to get stuck; to wedge
 * 4)  to contradict
 * 5)  hard to get along with others

Definitions

 * 1)  to have estrangement; to be in conflict with each other
 * 2)  to hit something
 * 3)  to have a crack
 * 1)  to have a crack
 * 1)  to have a crack