Where 介 comes from
A border 八 dividing people 人
How to write 介 (jiè, “to introduce”)
介 (jiè), an HSK 2 character, means “to introduce”, “to lie between” and “between”. It is HSK 2 in the 2025 syllabus, up from level 1 in the 2021 standard. It is a character whose parts combine into its meaning. Dictionaries list it under the radical 人 (“person”). Among the HSK words it appears in 介绍 (“to introduce”), 中介 (“to act as intermediary”) and 简介 (“summary”). Japanese reads it kai, “jammed in”, as a JLPT N2 kanji.
- Pinyin
- jiè
- Strokes
- 4
- HSK
- 2
- Radical
- 人 (“person”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Left-falling stroke ㇒topdown and left
- Right-falling stroke ㇏topdown and right → rightwards
- Left-falling stroke ㇒leftdown and left
- Vertical ㇑centerdownwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 4 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| jiè fourth tone | to introduce; to lie between; between; shell; armor | — | 介绍 中介 简介 介意 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 2
- 2021 standard
- level 1
- HSK 2.0
- in a level 2 word
- Words with it
- 48 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 介
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 介绍 介紹 | jièshào | to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation HSK 2 |
| 中介 | zhōngjiè | to act as intermediary; to link HSK 5 |
| 简介 簡介 | jiǎnjiè | summary; brief introduction HSK 6 |
| 介意 | jièyì | to care about; to take offense HSK 7-9 |
| 介于 介於 | jièyú | between; intermediate HSK 7-9 |
| 介入 | jièrù | to intervene; to get involved HSK 7-9 |
| 媒介 | méijiè | intermediary; vehicle HSK 7-9 |
| 介子 | jièzǐ | meson; mesotron (physics) |
| 介面 | jièmiàn | interface (computing) |
| 介词 介詞 | jiècí | preposition |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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