街 jiē street

Made up of [行 xíng permitted; to go; to travel radical 144, 圭 guī jade tablet ]
Made with 12 strokes.

In the rather strange case the character 'xing' is split in two with the character for 'jade tablet' which used to be the phonetic. Can be thought of as redoubled 'soil' in the middle of 'permit' suggesting a street,

Related characters


Also uses 圭 guī component: 封 fēng (to confer)

Different tone

节 jié (joint) ; 节 jié ; 㔾 jié (seal (of document)) ; 结 jié (knot) ; 姐 jiě (elder sister)

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Pronunciation

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