截(jié)

HSK 614 strokes

to cut off (a length)

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Character information

Pinyin
jié
Meaning
to cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept; section; chunk; length
Strokes
14
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 截 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿻⿱十隹戈

A bird 隹 cut off from its nest 十 by a weapon 戈

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

十shí隹zhuī戈gē

Parts are arranged overlaid.

How to write 截 step by step

14 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 截

Common words using 截 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

jié截zhǐ止
HSK 6

to end; to close

Open 截止 page →
jié截zhì至
HSK 6

up to (a time)

Open 截至 page →
jié截rán然bù不tóng同
HSK 7-9

entirely different

Open 截然不同 page →
bàn半jié截

half (of sth); halfway through

Open 半截 page →
dǔ堵jié截

to intercept; to block the passage of; to interdict

Open 堵截 page →
jié截tíng停

to intercept (a vehicle etc)

Open 截停 page →
jié截qǔ取

to cut off a section of sth

Open 截取 page →
jié截tú图

(computing) screenshot; to take a screenshot

Open 截图 page →

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From 截’s common words

止至然不同半堵停

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