捷
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victory; triumph; quick; nimble; prompt
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Dict coverage rank #1,411 U+6377
How 捷 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 疌 (phonetic)
components: 扌 疌
How to remember it
nimble · Heisig RSH #2211
fingers + 十 ten + rake + trail of footprints
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 疌
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 疌 (—) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疌 sound component | — | nimble, quick |
| 睫 | jié | eyelashes |
| 婕 | jié | handsome |
Words containing 捷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 捷尔任斯克 | Jié ěr rèn sī kè | Dzerzhinsk, Russian city |
| 捷克共和国 | Jié kè Gòng hé guó | Czech Republic |
| 平型关大捷 | Píng xíng guān Dà jié | Great Victory at Pingxing Pass, ambush of Japanese troops by Communist forces on September… |
| 捷达航空货运 | Jié dá Háng kōng Huò yùn | Jett8 Airlines Cargo (based in Singapore) |
| 出师未捷身先死 | chū shī wèi jié shēn xiān sǐ | "he failed to complete his quest before death" (line from the poem "The Premier of Shu" 蜀相… |
| 台北捷运 | Tái běi jié yùn | Taipei Metro |
| 捷克人 | Jié kè rén | Czech person |
| 捷安特 | Jié ān tè | Giant Manufacturing, Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer |
| 捷克语 | Jié kè yǔ | Czech (language) |
| 门捷列夫 | Mén jié liè fū | Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834-1907), Russian chemist who introduced the periodic table |
| 保时捷 | Bǎo shí jié | Porsche (car company) |
| 大众捷运 | dà zhòng jié yùn | mass rapid transit MRT |
| 快捷方式 | kuài jié fāng shì | (computer) shortcut |
| 直捷了当 | zhí jié liǎo dàng | variant of 直截了當|直截了当[zhi2 jie2 liao3 dang4] |
| 安捷伦科技 | Ān jié lún Kē jì | Agilent Technologies (research and manufacturing company) |
| 列别捷夫 | Liè bié jié fū | Lebedev or Lebedyev (Russian surname) |
| 首战告捷 | shǒu zhàn gào jié | to win the first battle |
| 捷克斯洛伐克 | Jié kè Sī luò fá kè | Republic of Czechoslovakia (1918-1992) |
| 便捷化 | biàn jié huà | to facilitate; to streamline; to make convenient and fast |
| 别赫捷列夫 | Bié hè jié liè fū | Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev (1857-1927), Russian neurologist and psychiatrist |