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絜 [xié] 1. To measure the surrounding length of an object; generally refers to measurement. "To measure length and girth." 2. An ancient river name, one of the nine tributaries of the Yellow River that branch off north of Mengjin in ancient China. 絜 [xié] (verb) 1. To bind up; to tie. - Example: "絜, hemp. The term is also written as 絜." - Reference: "The term for binding is絜." - Reference: "In Guangya: 絜 means to bind." - Reference: "In Han Feizi: The descendants are bound in generations." 2. To measure girth with a rope. - Example: "In Zhuangzi: Upon seeing the oak tree that covers several thousand cows, the measure was made to a hundred girths." 3. To generally refer to measurement. - Example: "In Han, Jia Yi's Going Through Qin: If the countries of Shandong and Chen She merited length and girth, they would be incomparable." 絜 [xié] (noun) 1. An ancient river name (Xie River), one of the nine tributaries of the Yellow River that branch off north of Mengjin in ancient China. 2. See also jié. 絜 [jié] 1. An ancient variant of “洁”, meaning clean. 2. Pure and stainless; refers to cleanliness. 3. Bright. 4. To refine and cultivate. 絜 [jié] (adjective) 1. A variant of 洁. 2. Equivalent to “洁”, meaning clean. - Example: "如:絜清 (clean);絜粢 (clean millet);絜斋 (pure fasting)." 3. Pure; stainless. - Example: "如:絜操 (noble character);絜白 (innocence);絜廉 (integrity);絜情 (noble emotion)." 4. To refine one’s moral character. - Example: "如:絜己 (cultivate oneself);絜行 (correct one’s actions);絜身 (self-cultivation)." 5. See also xié.