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巨

jù

large

Pictograph of a tool for measuring right angles. Based on the original meaning "carpenter's square", now written as 矩. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Evolution

巨 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
巨 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
巨 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
巨 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

巨  

jù

large, great, enormous; chief; very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic

Most common words with 巨
Freq.
Word
Meaning

巨大

huge

巨

huge

巨人

giant

巨星

(astronomy) giant star

巨蟹座

Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

Component uses

Sound component in 10 characters (4 verified)

距 拒 柜 矩 炬 鉅 钜 苣 讵 洰

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

矩

Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 28.0955% of movies

1239th most common character in movies

913th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+5DE8

Shuowen

“巨，規巨也。从工，象手持之。榘，巨或从木、矢，矢者，其中正也。，古文巨。”
Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.383

林志強《《文源》評注》p.271



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