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Kanji Detail for 桀 - "crucifixion, roost, excel, fierce, jie"
桀
- Meaning
桀 means "crucifixion, roost, excel, fierce, jie."
Crucifixion - A form of execution.
Roost - A perch.
Excel - To surpass; to be outstanding.
Fierce - Wild; cunning.
Jie - The last emperor of the Xia dynasty.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
measuring box
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
chicken roost; ancient emperor
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(emperor of Xia dynasty); cruel
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
chicken roost; ancient emperor
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
In the posthumous name system, one who kills many people is called 桀. The last king of Xia dynasty was called Xia Jie. | The character 傑 (outstanding) was also anciently written as 桀.
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