羯
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ram, esp. gelded; to castrate; deer's skin
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 羊 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 羯
- Common rank
- #3,087
- Unicode
- U+7FAF
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 羯
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 羯鼓催花 | drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum … | |
| 摩羯座 | Capricornus | |
| 魔羯座 | Capricorn (constellation and sign of the zodiac) | |
| 羯族 | Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century | |
| 羯胡 | Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century | |
| 摩羯 | Capricorn (star sign); northern people in classical times, a branch of the Huns or Xiongnu… | |
| 羯羊 | wether (castrated ram) | |
| 羯鼓 | double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist | |
| 羯磨 | karma (loanword) | |
| 戎羯 | ancient ethnic groups in northwestern China |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 曷 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曷 sound part | what, why, where, which, how | |
| 褐 | coarse wool; dull, brown | |
| 喝 | to drink; to shout, to call out | |
| 揭 | to lift off a cover; to reveal, to divulge; surname | |
| 葛 | an edible bean; vine; surname | |
| 歇 | to stop, to rest, to lodge | |
| 竭 | to exhaust; to put forth great effort | |
| 渴 | thirsty, parched; to yearn, to pine for | |
| 谒 | to visit, to pay respects | |
| 蝎 | scorpion | |
| 遏 | to curb, to check, to stop, to suppress | |
| 猲 | frightened, terrified; snub-nosed dog | |
| 碣 | stone tablet |