Pinyin Syllable

Chinese characters pronounced jue

Learn common Chinese characters pronounced jue, including 决 jué, 觉 jué / jiào, 绝 jué, 角 jiǎo / jué, 脚 jiǎo / jué. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms…

How to Pronounce This Syllable

jue raises the front of the tongue for j, then opens into ue; keep it light and joined, with the tone over the whole syllable.

Initial j

The tongue is high and forward. Do not add an English “d” sound.

Final ue

Settle the final ue into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.

Study Tip

Start with the most common characters (决 jué, 觉 jué / jiào, 绝 jué, 角 jiǎo / jué, 脚 jiǎo / jué) and lock in their tones. 7 common characters share the sound jue, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.

Learn by Tone

jue turns up here with 2 different tones; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.

2nd tone

Taking the 2nd tone here: 决, 觉, 绝… (5 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.

决juébreach (a dyke); to decide; to determine 觉jué / jiàoa nap; a sleep; feel; find that; thinking; awake 绝juécut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means 爵juénobility; (ancient wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle)掘juédig

3rd tone

Taking the 3rd tone here: 角, 脚 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.

角jiǎo / juéangle; horn; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note; angle; horn 脚jiǎo / juéa kick; foot; role; role

Common Words With This Sound

Seeing jue inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.

决定jué dìngto decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (解决jiě juéto solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate 决赛jué sàifinals (of a competition)觉得jué deto think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)睡觉shuì jiàoto go to bed; to sleep 感觉gǎn juéfeeling; impression; sensation; to feel 绝对jué duìabsolute; unconditional 拒绝jù juéto refuse; to decline; to reject 绝望jué wàngto despair; to give up all hope; desperate; desperation 角度jiǎo dùangle; (fig.) point of view

Characters

7 common characters in this group.

Character#1 决 juébreach (a dyke); to decide; to determineTraditional: 決 Character#2 觉 jué / jiàoa nap; a sleep; feel; find that; thinking; awakeTraditional: 覺 Character#3 绝 juécut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no meansTraditional: 絕 Character#4 角 jiǎo / juéangle; horn; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note; angle; hornTraditional: 角 Character#5 脚 jiǎo / juéa kick; foot; role; roleTraditional: 腳 Character#6 爵 juénobility; (ancient wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle)Traditional: 爵 Character#7 掘 juédigTraditional: 掘