结

jié

knot

sturdy; bond; to tie; to bind; to check out (of a hotel)

silk (纟) + sound jié (吉) = knot, bond, to tie

The silk radical points to thread, string, or fabric — things that get tied into knots or bonds. 吉 mainly gives the sound jié; the meaning lives entirely in the silk radical.

纟+吉→结
吉AuspiciousPhonetic
纟Silk threadSemantic

他把绳子打了一个结。

tā bǎ shéng zi dǎ le yī gè jié。

He tied a knot in the rope.

我们明天早上结账离开酒店。

wǒ men míng tiān zǎo shang jié zhàng lí kāi jiǔ diàn。

We will check out of the hotel tomorrow morning.

Words with 结

结构

jié gòu

structure

结伴

jié bàn

to go with sb

结算

jié suàn

to settle a bill; to close an account

结膜炎

jié mó yán

conjunctivitis

结晶

jié jīng

to crystallize

瞠目结舌

chēng mù jié shé

(idiom) dumbfounded; flabbergasted; stunned

症结

zhēng jié

hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine)

数据结构

shù jù jié gòu

(computing) data structure

连结

lián jié

variant of 聯結|联结[lian2 jie2]

连结主义

lián jié zhǔ yì

connectionism

连结线

lián jié xiàn

tie (music)

重结晶

chóng jié jīng

to recrystallize

More characters with 纟

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