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居

jū, jī

live

Phonosemantic compound. 户 represents the meaning and 古 represents the sound.

Components
户 meaning component

户  Meaning component

hù

  

door

古 sound component

古  Sound component

gǔ

  

old

Evolution

居 Bronze script Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)

Bronze script

Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
居 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
居 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
居 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

居  

jū

live, dwell, reside, sit; to reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up; to be at a standstill; residence; house; restaurant; classifier for bedrooms

居  

Jū

surname Ju

居  

jī

(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude

Most common words with 居
Freq.
Word
Meaning

居然

unexpectedly

居民

resident

邻居

neighbor

居

to reside

居住

to reside

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (1 verified)

据 踞

Sound component in 9 characters (2 verified)

据 剧 鋸 锯 踞 倨 裾 琚 椐

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*k(r)a

kjo

jū

squat; stay, dwell

*ka

kjo

jū

final particle

*k(r)a-s (based on rhyme evidence)

kjoH

jū

dwelling


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 53.8844% of movies

814th most common character in movies

678th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+5C45

Shuowen

“居，蹲也。从尸，古者居从古。踞，俗居从足。”


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