杰

杰 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木火 (DF), four-corner 4033₉, composition ⿱木灬)

• 錰 𦲓 𭪞

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 513, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14498
• Dae Jaweon: page 899, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1175, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6770

杰

1. Used in personal names.

   周杰倫／周杰伦  ―  Zhōu Jiélún  ―  Jay Chou

   羅杰瑞／罗杰瑞  ―  Luó Jiéruì  ―  Jerry Lee Norman

Probably a Kra-Dai substrate. Compare Zhuang gwd (“viscous”), Bouyei geg (“viscous”), Lingao kɔt⁸ (“viscous”). Cognate with Fuzhou Eastern Min 𬇴 (gṳ̆k, “viscous”) and Teochew 𫀸 (geg8, “viscous”).

杰

1. (Cantonese) thick; viscous

   啲粥好杰 [Cantonese]  ―  di¹ zuk¹ hou² git⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  the congee is very viscous

2. (Cantonese) serious
   • 1999, “唱好香港”‎^[1]performed by LMF:

     企係度Fing螢光棒　你就叫做興高彩烈　行多一步企出黎玩　就講到暴動咁X杰 [Cantonese, trad.]
     企系度Fing萤光棒　你就叫做兴高彩烈　行多一步企出黎玩　就讲到暴动咁X杰 [Cantonese, simp.]

     kei⁵ hai² dou⁶ fing⁶ jing⁴ gwong¹ paang⁵, nei⁵ zau⁶ giu³ zou⁶ hing³ gou¹ coi² lit⁶, haang⁴ do¹ jat¹ bou⁶ kei⁵ ceot¹ lai⁴ waan², zau⁶ gong² dou³ bou⁶ dung⁶ gam³ caa¹ git⁶ [Jyutping]

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• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01883

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: げち (gechi)
• Kan-on: けつ (ketsu)
• Kun: すぐれる (sugureru, 杰れる)

杰 • (geol) (hangeul 걸, revised geol, McCune–Reischauer kŏl, Yale kel)

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杰: Hán Nôm readings: kiệt

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