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捷 meaning and stroke order

jié

Nimble, quick; triumph, victory

HSK 7-911 strokesRadical 扌Traditional 㨗
Strokes11
Pinyinjié
ToneTone 2
Frequency#2,351
Printable worksheetPractice all HSK 7-9 characters

How to write 捷, stroke by stroke

11 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.

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Meaning of 捷

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.

jiésecond tone (rising)
  1. victory
  2. triumph
  3. quick
  4. nimble
  5. prompt
  6. variant of 捷[jie2]

How 捷 is built

Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Hand.

shǒuhand+jiénimble

扌 gives the meaning and 疌 hints at the sound.

Radical: 扌 (hand), shared by 342 characters on this site.

How to remember 捷

捷 is built from the hand radical 扌, which carries the meaning, and 疌 on the right, which gives the sound jié. Picture a quick hand snatching a prize first, which links the ideas of being nimble and winning.

捷 rarely stands alone in modern Chinese and usually appears in words like 敏捷 (mǐnjié), 快捷 (kuàijié), 便捷 (biànjié) and 捷径 (jiéjìng). Example: 这条路是去学校的捷径。(Zhè tiáo lù shì qù xuéxiào de jiéjìng.) This road is a shortcut to school.

Common mistake: Learners often confuse 捷 with 睫 (jié, eyelash), which shares the same right side 疌 and the same sound but uses the eye radical 目. If the meaning is quick or victory, write the hand radical 扌.

Common words with 捷

Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.

WordPinyinMeaningLevel
敏捷mǐnjiénimble; quickHSK 7-9
快捷kuàijiéquick; fastHSK 7-9
便捷biànjiéconvenient and fastHSK 7-9
捷径jiéjìngshortcut
捷足先登jiézúxiāndēngthe quick-footed climb up first (idiom); the early bird catches the worm

捷 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè通tōng常cháng是shì我wǒ去qù学xué校xiào的de捷jié径jìng。
This is the shortcut that I usually take to school.
搭dā飞fēi机jī是shì旅lǚ行xíng最zuì快kuài捷jié的de方fāng法fǎ。
Flying is the quickest method of travelling.
我wǒ在zài桌zhuō面miàn上shàng建jiàn了le一yí个gè快kuài捷jié方fāng式shì。
I created a shortcut on the desktop.
我wǒ的de母mǔ语yǔ是shì捷jié克kè语yǔ。
My native language is Czech.
成chéng功gōng是shì没méi有yǒu捷jié径jìng的de。
There is no shortcut to success.

Questions about 捷

How many strokes are in 捷?

捷 is written with 11 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.

What does 捷 mean?

捷 (jié) means nimble, quick; triumph, victory. A common word with it is 敏捷 (mǐnjié), meaning "nimble; quick".

How do you pronounce 捷?

捷 is pronounced jié, in the second tone (rising).

What is the radical of 捷?

The radical of 捷 is 扌, which carries the idea of "hand". Dictionaries list 捷 under this radical.

What is the traditional form of 捷?

The traditional form of 捷 is 㨗. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 捷 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.

Is 捷 on the HSK exam?

Yes. 捷 is part of the HSK 7-9 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.

How does 捷 mean victory?

In more formal or news language, 捷 refers to a win or good news of success, as in 捷报 (jiébào), a report of victory. It also appears in sports writing such as 首战告捷 (shǒuzhàn gàojié), winning the first match.

Is 捷 used in the Chinese name for the Czech Republic?

Yes. The Czech Republic is 捷克 (Jiékè), where 捷 is used only for its sound. It carries no meaning of quick or victory there.

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