(jué): to faint, to lose consciousness

(jué) is a Chinese character meaning “to faint.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical (cliff). It ranks #3432 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Spoken pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: cliff12 strokesFrequency #3432

Definitions

  1. to faint
  2. to lose consciousness

Stroke Order

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12

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
verbhūn juéto faint
verbyūn juéto faint
phrasedà fàng jué cíto prattle on self-importantly (idiom)
verbjīng juéto faint from fear
dōng tū jué sī tǎn jiě fàng zǔ zhīEast Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO), Xinjiang dissident group
dōng tū jué sī tǎn yī sī lán yùn dòngEast Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM)
proper-noundōng tū jué sī tǎnEast Turkestan
proper-nountū jué sī tǎnTurkestan
phrasejué gōng zhì wěi(idiom) to have made significant contributions to a project or cause
proper-nountū juéTurkic people, who lived across the Eurasian continent
10
Total compounds
10
As first character
40
As last character
50
As middle character

appears in 10 compound words: 10 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 50 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Idioms & Chengyu (3)

dàfàngjuécíHSK 9+

to talk a lot of nonsense; to let out a spate of stuff and nonsense

phrase
juégōngzhìwěiHSK 9+

to have made significant contributions to a project or cause

phrase
TūjuésītǎnHSK 9+

Turkestan (a historic region of Asia); Turkistan (a region of Kazakhstan)

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

了解字的来源,有助于理解中国文化。

le jiě jué zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ jiě zhōng guó wén huà .

Understanding the origin of the character "厥" helps in understanding Chinese culture.

中国新闻网·文化Sep 2026

中国历史上从来没有把新疆称为“东突斯坦”,更不存在什么“东突斯坦国”。

zhōng guó lì shǐ shàng cóng lái méi yǒu bǎ xīn jiāng chèn wéi dōng tū jué sī tǎn , gēng bù cún zài shén má dōng tū jué sī tǎn guó .

Throughout Chinese history, Xinjiang has never been referred to as “East Turkestan,” nor has there ever been any such thing as the “State of East Turkestan.”

中国新闻网·文化Aug 2026

中青报·中青网记者 李强/摄 他曾为创作小说日夜写作,累到昏

zhōng qīng bào zhōng qīng wǎng jì zhě lǐ qiáng shè tā céng wéi chuàng zuò xiǎo shuō rì yè xiě zuò , lěi dào hūn jué .

Photo by Li Qiang, China Youth Daily/China Youth Online. He once wrote day and night to complete a novel, until he collapsed from exhaustion.

中国新闻网·生活Jul 2026

持续高温下,王阿姨相继出现大汗淋漓、恶心不适、全身乏力等症状,最终晕

chí xù gāo wēn xià , wáng ā yí xiāng jì chū xiàn dà hàn lín 漓 , è xīn bù shì , quán shēn fá lì děng zhèng zhuàng , zuì zhōng yūn jué .

Amid the prolonged heat wave, Aunt Wang began experiencing symptoms such as profuse sweating, nausea, and generalized weakness, and eventually fainted.

中国新闻网·生活Jun 2026

一些不当操作容易导致血压波动、心律失常,甚至引发晕或心源性猝死。

yī xiē bù dāng cāo zuò róng yì dǎo zhì xiě yā bō dòng , xīn lǜ shī cháng , shèn zhì yǐn fā yūn jué huò xīn yuán xìng 猝 sǐ .

Certain improper practices can easily lead to fluctuations in blood pressure, arrhythmias, and even fainting or sudden cardiac death.

99 健康网Feb 2026

游客玩蹦极因恐高半空中晕,园方回应:身体无碍,后面继续游玩

yóu kè wán bèng jí yīn kǒng gāo bàn kōng zhōng yūn jué , yuán fāng huí yīng : shēn tǐ wú ài , hòu miàn jì xù yóu wán

A tourist fainted mid-jump while bungee jumping due to a fear of heights; park officials responded that the person was unharmed and continued enjoying the park afterward.

Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 厥 (jué) mean in Chinese?
厥 (jué) primarily means "to faint." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3432 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 厥 and 赢?
厥 (jué) and 赢 (yíng) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 厥 (lose) vs 赢 (win).
How many strokes does 厥 have?
厥 is written with 12 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 厥?
The radical associated with 厥 is 厂 (cliff). This radical appears in many characters related to cliff.
What are common words containing 厥?
Common words with 厥 include: 昏厥 (hūn jué, "to faint"); 晕厥 (yūn jué, "to faint"); 大放厥词 (dà fàng jué cí, "to prattle on self-importantly (idiom)"); 惊厥 (jīng jué, "to faint from fear"); 东突厥斯坦解放组织 (dōng tū jué sī tǎn jiě fàng zǔ zhī, "East Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO), Xinjiang dissident group"). There are over 10 compound words containing this character.
Is 厥 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 厥 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.