婕 (jié): used in 婕妤

婕 (jié) is a Chinese character meaning “used in 婕妤.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 女 (semantic) and 疌 (phonetic). It ranks #4596 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 婕 woman. Its radical form 女 (woman) appears in many related characters such as 女 (nǚ, woman), 她 (tā, she), 好 (hǎo, good).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. used in 婕妤

Etymology & Origin

婕

pictophoneticwoman

Decomposition: ⿰女疌 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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Practice writing 婕 with real-time feedback — trace each stroke in the correct order and build muscle memory in the HanziFeed app.

Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
婕妤jié yúsecond-rank concubine (title for an imperial concubine ranked two levels below the empress)
1
Total compounds
100
As first character
0
As last character
0
As middle character

婕 appears in 1 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 婕 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

贾gǔ
0.78215 co-occurrences
永yǒng
0.58517 co-occurrences
北běi
0.34810 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

中国新闻网·文化Sep 2026

杨婕说,这是数字转化优势。

yáng jié shuō , zhè shì shǔ zì zhuǎn huà yōu shì .

Yang Jie said this is the advantage of digital transformation.

中国新闻网·文化Aug 2026

专访张国立与邓婕:从“红楼”到“桃花”,在转念间渡过自己的河

zhuān fǎng zhāng guó lì yǔ dèng jié : cóng hóng lóu dào táo huā , zài zhuǎn niàn jiān dù guò zì jǐ de hé

An Exclusive Interview with Zhang Guoli and Deng Jie: From “Dream of the Red Chamber” to “Peach Blossoms”—Crossing Their Own River in the Blink of an Eye

中国新闻网·体育May 2026

东方名人赛·北京女子公开赛:刘宇婕实现女子中巡第二胜

dōng fāng míng rén sài běi jīng nǚ zǐ gōng kāi sài : liú yǔ jié shí xiàn nǚ zǐ zhōng xún dì èr shèng

Oriental Celebrity Tournament · Beijing Women's Open: Liu Yujie Claims Her Second Victory on the China Ladies Tour

中国新闻网·体育May 2026

虽然刘宇婕没有取得个人冠军,但带领自己的团队取得团体冠军。

suī rán liú yǔ jié méi yǒu qǔ dé gè rén guàn jūn , dàn dài lǐng zì jǐ de tuán duì qǔ dé tuán tǐ guàn jūn .

Although Liu Yujie did not win the individual title, she led her team to the team championship.

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 女 (woman) component

Homophones — Characters pronounced jié

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 婕 (jié) mean in Chinese?
婕 (jié) primarily means "used in 婕妤." It is not part of the HSK 3.0 syllabus. It ranks #4596 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 婕 have?
婕 is written with 11 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 婕?
The radical associated with 婕 is 女 (woman). This radical appears in many characters related to woman.
What are the components of 婕?
婕 is composed of: 女 (semantic), 疌 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰女疌 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 婕?
Common words with 婕 include: 婕妤 (jié yú, "second-rank concubine (title for an imperial concubine ranked two levels below the empress)"). There are over 1 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 婕 (jié)?
Several characters share the pronunciation jié: 捷 (quick). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 婕 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 婕 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.