Jie (Pinyin: jié), a first-level standard Chinese character (commonly used character)? This character first appeared in the writings of the Warring States Period. The ancient shape of the character came from the sound of Ren and Jie, and the Chinese character was compiled into "Jie". The basic meaning of "Jie" is a person with outstanding talents, and it also means "special and above average". Such as: masterpiece, outstanding. Also used as a surname. The character "任+桀" and "Jie" are not traditional or simplified characters specified in the "General List of Simplified Characters", but they are usually treated as traditional and simplified characters (it is considered that "任+桀" is the traditional Chinese character of "Jie", " "Jie" is the abbreviation of "任+桡"). In fact, the modern common standard character "Jie" has been included in ancient calligraphy books. The "First Batch Variant Character Collection List" stipulates that "Jie" is the standard character and "任+桀" is eliminated as the variant character. Extension Jie's original work "任+桡", the glyph numbered 1 in the Warring States character drawing, consists of the two characters "人" and "Jie", with the upper end of "Jie" slightly omitted. "任+桀" is a pictophonetic character, with "人(任)" next to the form indicating the meaning; and "桡" next to the phonetic character indicating the pronunciation. The original meaning of "任+桀" (Jie) refers to a person with outstanding talent or intelligence, so it is derived from "人(任)". The word "Jie" evolved from "Cheng", which means that a person is on the top of a tree, higher than others. Therefore, "Jie" also has a meaning. The right side of the seal script (numbered 2 in the picture) is omitted. Official script (number 3 in the picture) evolved from Xiaozhuan. Regular script inherits it, with neat strokes and a solid body. "Hanyu Dictionary" believes that "Jie" and "Jie" are originally the same character, because "Jie" was used as the proper name of Xia Jie, the monarch of the Xia Dynasty, so "人(任)" was added to "Jie" to make "任" + Jie" is the character for "hero". The word "Jie" has been included in Guangyun, which was written in 1008 AD (the first year of Dazhong Xiangfu of Zhenzong in the Northern Song Dynasty). The "Zhengzi Tong·Mubu" written in the late Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty said: "Jie, today people think of the hero (亻 + Jie) as the outstanding hero (亻 + Jie)." The "First Batch Variation List" released in December 1955 It is stipulated that "Jie" is the standard character, and "任+桀" is eliminated as a variant character.
Flow chart of the glyph evolution of Jie