结 meaning and stroke order
Knot; sturdy; bond
How to write 结, stroke by stroke
9 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 结
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- knot
- sturdy
- bond
- to tie
- to bind
- to check out (of a hotel)
- (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds)
- Taiwan pr. [jie2]
How 结 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Thread.
纟 gives the meaning and 吉 hints at the sound.
Radical: 纟 (silk), shared by 143 characters on this site.
How to remember 结
结 is pictophonetic: the silk radical 纟 (thread) gives the meaning, and 吉 (jí) hints at the sound jié. Picture tying a thread into a lucky 吉 knot, which is how 结 comes to mean knot, tie, and join.
结 appears mostly in compound words about tying things together or bringing them to a close, such as 结婚 (jiéhūn, to marry), 结束 (jiéshù, to end) and 结果 (jiéguǒ, result). Example: 会议结束了。(Huìyì jiéshù le.) The meeting is over.
Common mistake: Learners often write 吉 on the right with the bottom line longer than the top, which turns it into 土 over 口 wrongly. The top stroke of 士 in 吉 is longer than the one below it. Another slip is writing 给 (gěi) instead, since both use 纟 on the left.
Common words with 结
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 结果 | jiéguǒ | to bear fruit | HSK 2 |
| 结束 | jiéshù | to end; to finish; to conclude | HSK 3 |
| 结婚 | jiéhūn | to marry; to get married | HSK 3 |
| 结合 | jiéhé | to combine; to link | HSK 3 |
| 团结 | tuánjié | to unite; unity; solidarity | HSK 3 |
| 结实 | jiēshi | to bear fruit | HSK 3 |
| 总结 | zǒngjié | to sum up; to conclude | HSK 3 |
| 结论 | jiélùn | conclusion; verdict | HSK 4 |
| 结构 | jiégòu | structure; composition | HSK 4 |
| 结局 | jiéjú | conclusion; ending; outcome | HSK 7-9 |
| 了结 | liǎojié | to settle; to finish | HSK 7-9 |
| 终结 | zhōngjié | end; conclusion; to come to an end; to terminate (sth) | HSK 7-9 |
| 结尾 | jiéwěi | ending; coda | HSK 7-9 |
| 冻结 | dòngjié | to freeze (water etc); (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices etc) | HSK 7-9 |
结 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 结
How many strokes are in 结?
结 is written with 9 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 结 mean?
结 (jié) means knot; sturdy; bond. A common word with it is 结果 (jiéguǒ), meaning "to bear fruit".
How do you pronounce 结?
结 is pronounced jié, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 结?
The radical of 结 is 纟, which carries the idea of "silk". Dictionaries list 结 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 结?
The traditional form of 结 is 結. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 结 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 结 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 结 is part of the HSK 2 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard, and you are expected to write it by hand from HSK 2.
When is 结 pronounced jiē instead of jié?
It is read jiē when it means a plant producing fruit or seeds, as in 结果 meaning to bear fruit. It is also jiē in 结实 (jiēshi), which in everyday speech means sturdy or solid. In Taiwan, jié is used for these as well.
How do you say to check out of a hotel with 结?
You can say 结账 (jiézhàng), which means to settle the bill, often used when checking out. For example, 我要结账。(Wǒ yào jiézhàng.) I would like to check out.