IDENTITY
结jiéto tie; to form; result
HSK 2Top 250
CORE MEANING
to tie; to form; result
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to tie; to knotHSK2
- 2.to form (a bond)HSK3
- 3.resultHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 纟silk radical (sī)
- strokes
- 9
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰纟吉
- silk thread
- gives the sound jié
USAGE
Common words
结婚jiéhūnto get married
结果jiéguǒresult
结束jiéshùto end
Graded examples
电影结束了。Diànyǐng jiéshù le.HSK2
The movie is over.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
Silk (纟) knotted for good luck (吉) — tying, forming a bond. (From 結.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #250
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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