杰

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(bound form) hero; heroic; outstanding person; prominent; distinguished

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Components 木灬

outstanding · Heisig RSH #1570

木 tree + cooking fire

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
本杰明·富兰克林	Běn jié míng · Fù lán kè lín	Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American writer, scientist, inventor, politician and diplom…
古杰拉尔	Gǔ jié lā ěr	(name) Gujral; Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012), Indian politician, prime minister 1997–1998
杰西·欧文斯	Jié xī · Ōu wén sī	Jesse Owens (1913-1980), American athlete
杰夫·金尼	Jié fū · Jīn ní	Jeff Kinney
人杰地灵	rén jié dì líng	illustrious hero, spirit of the place (idiom); a place derives reflected glory from an ill…
杰拉德	Jié lā dé	Gerrard (name)
罗杰斯	Luó jié sī	Rogers
杰西卡	Jié xī kǎ	Jessica (name)
杰里科	Jié lǐ kē	Jericho (town in West Bank)
本杰明	Běn jié míng	Benjamin (person name)
杰里米	Jié lǐ mǐ	Jeremy (name)
古杰拉特邦	Gǔ jié lā tè bāng	Gujarat, Indian state
莫杰斯特	Mò jié sī tè	Modest (name); Modeste (name)
纳杰夫	Nà jié fū	Najaf (city in Iraq, a Shia holy city)
列别杰夫	Liè bié jié fū	variant of 列別捷夫\|列别捷夫[Lie4 bie2 jie2 fu1]
噶拉·多杰·仁波切	Gá lā · Duō jié · Rén bō qiè	Garab Dorje Rinpoche, succession of Buthanese religious leaders
人杰	rén jié	outstanding talent; wise and able person; illustrious individual
杰拉	Jié lā	Gela (city in Sicily)
杰克	Jié kè	Jack (name)
杰西	Jié xī	Jesse (name)