noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (classical) used in 婕妤, a Han-dynasty palace title for an imperial consort

Examples

Jié yú shì Hàn dài gōngzhōng de nǚ guān mínghào.
Jieyu was the title of a palace consort in the Han dynasty.

Tips

history
is never used alone in modern Chinese. It appears almost only in the historical title (jiéyú), a rank of imperial consort under the Han, and otherwise in given names.
register
Historical and onomastic; encountered in dynastic records and personal names, not in speech.

Components

radical
woman; female
is the woman radical, fitting because the word names a female palace title.
phonetic
to give; I
supplies the sound; the reading shifts from to with a tone change.

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