颉 (jié): Jie (in 仓颉, the legendary inven…

Meanings

传说仓颉创造了汉字。

Chuánshuō Cāng Jié chuàngzào le Hànzì.

Legend says Cang Jie created the Chinese characters.

他姓颉。

Tā xìng Jié.

His surname is Jie, written 颉.

culture

In the jié reading, 颉 is fixed in the name 仓颉, the mythical scribe credited with inventing Chinese writing. It is also a surname.

radical

页 yè

head; page

The head radical 页 links to the original 'neck / head' sense behind the xié reading; in the name use it serves mainly as the indexing radical.

phonetic

吉 jí

lucky; auspicious

Supplies the sound, drifted from jí to the readings jié and xié. The same phonetic drives 结 and 洁.

颉 jié