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Usage of the character 羯

Jié
[羯]
  • Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century
jié
[羯]
  • ram, esp. gelded
  • to castrate
  • deer's skin
Róng Jié
戎羯
[戎羯]
  • ancient ethnic groups in northwestern China
Jiéhú
羯胡
[羯胡]
  • Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century
jiégǔ
羯鼓
[羯鼓]
  • double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist
Jiézú
羯族
[羯族]
  • Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century
Mójié
摩羯
[摩羯]
  • Capricorn (star sign)
  • northern people in classical times, a branch of the Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴
jiémó
羯磨
[羯磨]
  • karma (loanword)
jiéyáng
羯羊
[羯羊]
  • wether (castrated ram)
Mójiézuò
摩羯座
[摩羯座]
  • Capricornus
Mójiézuò
魔羯座
[魔羯座]
  • Capricorn (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
jiégǔcuīhuā
羯鼓催花
[羯鼓催花]
  • drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom