诘

詰
jié
#3,399 most
frequent character
(bound form) to question closely

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

诘 first meant to question someone closely about a matter. 讠 speech is the meaning part, and 吉 jí, sharing the opening sound, supplies the reading. The sense grew to 'to interrogate' and 'to investigate'.

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Homophones

HSK 5
节jié
festival, holiday, node, joint
截jié
. to cut, measure word for length
劫jié
to rob, to plunder
结jié
to knot

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