结
jiéTraditional: 结
#5054 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
to tie, to knot, to conclude
Stroke order
结
Examples
？
When does the meeting end?
。
They got married last year.
。
The result is very good.
绳。
Please tie the rope up.
。
They became good friends.
结 (jié) literally means to tie or knot, and by extension to conclude or finalise. It anchors a productive family of compounds: 结束 (to end), 结婚 (to marry), 结果 (result).
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 结.
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