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橘

jú

Character

What 橘 means

1. mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata)
2. tangerine

Example sentences

• 给我一打橘子。
  Give me a dozen oranges.
• 这些橘子很酸。
  These oranges are very sour.
• 我会吃橘子的。
  I will eat the orange.
• 请来两杯橘子汁。
  Qǐng lái liǎng bēi júzizhī.
  Two glasses of orange juice, please.
• 这些橘子多少钱？
  What do the oranges cost?
• 汤姆吃了多少橘子？
  Tāngmǔ chī le duōshao júzi?
  How many oranges did Tom eat?

Words starting with 橘

• 橘子jú zitangerine
• 橘味jú wèitangerine flavor; yuri…
• 橘树jú shùorange tree
• 橘红jú hóngorange (color); orange peel (used in TCM)
• 橘络jú luòpith of mandarin orange
• 橘色jú sèorange (color)
• 橘录jú lùclassification of orange trees by 12th century Song dynasty botanist Han Yanzhi 韩彦直
• 橘子水jú zi shuǐorangeade; orange squash
• 橘子汁jú zi zhīorange juice; see also 橙汁
• 橘子酱jú zi jiàngorange jam; marmalade
• 橘黄色jú huáng sètangerine yellow; saffron (color)
• 橘皮组织jú pí zǔ zhīcellulite
• 橘里橘气jú lǐ jú qìlesbian-like (i.e. exhibiting lesbian traits) (coined c. 2018)
• 橘柑jú gāntangerine; orange

Words containing 橘

• 越橘yuè júcowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)
• 金橘jīn júkumquat; also written 金桔
• 烂橘子Làn jú zi(slang) EA's Origin platform
• 砂糖橘shā táng júsugar mandarin (Citrus reticulata cv. "Shatangju"), a cultivar of mandarin that…
• 蔓越橘màn yuè júcranberry
• 柑橘gān júcitrus
• 柑橘酱gān jú jiàngmarmalade
• 枸橘gōu jútrifoliate orange (Citrus trifoliata)

Characters that look like 橘

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 操cāoto grasp; to hold; to operate
• 穆mùsolemn; reverent; calm
• 檀tánsandalwood; hardwood; purple-red
• 檐yáneaves; ledge or brim
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳
• 槿jǐnHibiscus syriacus; transient

Sounds the same

Read jú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 局narrow
• 菊(bound form) chrysanthemum
• 焗(dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot; to steam; to bake
• 鵙a shrike
• 椈Fagus sylvatica
• 輂horse carriage (old)
• 郹place name
• 挶structure for carrying dirt
• 锔curium (chemistry)
• 桔variant of 橘
• 䴗variant of 鵙