羯

Information about character(s)

Radical: 羊
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 15

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jié
Cantonese: kit3
JapaneseOn: KATSU KETSU
Korean: KAL

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: wether, castrated ram; deer skin

CE-Dict: ram, esp. gelded/to castrate/deer's skin/Jie people, originally a branch of the Tokhara 月支[Yue4 zhi1]/also general term for non-Han people

Soothill: To castrate; deer-skin; translit. ka (क), gha (घ). Cf. 迦, 拘, 軻, 朅, 竭, etc.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a castrated ram
2.name of an ancient barbarian people

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《羊部》羯羊羖犗也。从羊曷聲。

康熙字典文字版 【未集中】【羊字部】羯
【廣韻】居竭切【集韻】【韻會】居謁切，𠀤音訐。【說文】羊羖犗也。【急就篇註】羖之犗者爲羯，謂㓺之也。　又【韻會】地名。上党武鄕羯室，晉匈奴別部入居之，後因號爲羯。　又【唐書·西域傳】募勇健者爲柘羯。柘羯，猶中國言戰士也。
考證：〔【急就篇註】羖之犗者爲羯，謂㓺㓺也。〕　謹照原文㓺㓺也改㓺之也。

CF-Dict: bélier castré/branche des Huns vivant dans le nord de la Chine antique