羯

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ram, esp. gelded; to castrate; deer's skin

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

羊 (semantic, “sheep”) + 曷 (phonetic, hé)

components: 羊曷

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 曷

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 曷 (hé) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
曷 sound component	hé	what, why, where, which, how
褐	hè	coarse wool; dull, brown
喝	hē	to drink; to shout, to call out
揭	jiē	to lift off a cover; to reveal, to divulge; surname
葛	gé	an edible bean; vine; surname
歇	xiē	to stop, to rest, to lodge
竭	jié	to exhaust; to put forth great effort
渴	kě	thirsty, parched; to yearn, to pine for
谒	yè	to visit, to pay respects
蝎	xiē	scorpion
遏	è	to curb, to check, to stop, to suppress
猲	hè	frightened, terrified; snub-nosed dog
碣	jié	stone tablet

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
羯鼓催花	jié gǔ cuī huā	drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum …
摩羯座	Mó jié zuò	Capricornus
魔羯座	Mó jié zuò	Capricorn (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
羯族	Jié zú	Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century
羯胡	Jié hú	Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century
摩羯	Mó jié	Capricorn (star sign); northern people in classical times, a branch of the Huns or Xiongnu…
羯羊	jié yáng	wether (castrated ram)
羯鼓	jié gǔ	double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist
羯磨	jié mó	karma (loanword)
戎羯	Róng Jié	ancient ethnic groups in northwestern China