羯

Glyph origin
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Etymology

 * “wether”
 * ; cognate with, as well as 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,.
 * Alternatively, relates this word to.


 * “Jie people”
 * . Possibly of origin.  connects the ethnonym to 🇨🇬.  additionally proposes  as a possible etymon. This character was likely chosen to transcribe the indigenous name of the tribe for its pejorative meaning (ibid.).

Definitions

 * 1) castrated buck caprid; wether
 * 2) Jie people

Kanji

 * 1) barbarian
 * 2)  the Jie people, a certain tribe that lived to the north of China in antiquity