Etymology

Jie

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Today it means: An ancient tribe of northern China, who were regarded as one of the Five Barbarians by the Han people. Full definition →

Mandarin 羯 ← Middle Chinese 羯
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The story

  1. Middle Chinese · derived from羯
  2. Mandarin · borrowed from羯
  3. English todayJie

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 羯 (Jié), from Middle Chinese 羯 (kjot), itself borrowed from Jie.

Words from the same roots

Middle Chinese羯 all →

Kjet

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