Chinese Character Wiki
距

jù

distance

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 巨 represents the sound.

Components
足 meaning component

足  Meaning component

zú, jù

  

foot

巨 sound component

巨  Sound component

jù

  

large

Evolution

距 Bronze script Warring States (475-221 BC)

Bronze script

Warring States (475-221 BC)
距 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

距  

jù

distance; bird's spur; at a distance of; to be apart

Most common words with 距
Freq.
Word
Meaning

距离

distance

距

distance

差距

gap

相距

distance apart

近距离

close range

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 19.9263% of movies

1562nd most common character in movies

1202nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+8DDD

Shuowen

“距，雞距也。从足，巨聲。”


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