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沮

jǔ

HSK 6 Character

What 沮 means

1. to destroy
2. to stop

Example sentences

• 他很沮丧。
  He is very depressed.
• 你很沮丧。
  You're very dejected.
• 汤姆有点沮丧。
  Tom is a little depressed.
• 我经常觉得沮丧。
  I feel depressed often.
• 这让我感到沮丧。
  It makes me feel sad.
• 我为小事情觉得沮丧。
  Wǒ wèi xiǎoshì qíng juéde jǔsàng.
  I get depressed by the slightest things.

Words starting with 沮

• 沮丧jǔ sàngdispirited; dejected; dismayed

Characters built on 且

These share the phonetic component 且 (qiě), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 组zǔto form; to organize; group
• 助zhùto help; to assist
• 租zūto hire; to rent; to charter
• 阻zǔto hinder; to block; to obstruct
• 祖zǔancestor; forefather; grandparents
• 粗cū(of sth long) wide; thick; (of sth granular) coarse; (of a voice) gruff
• 诅zǔcurse; swear (oath)
• 咀jǔto chew; to masticate

Characters that look like 沮

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

• 波bōwave; ripple; storm
• 医yīmedical; medicine; doctor
• 迫pòto force; to compel; to approach or go towards
• 叛pànto betray; to rebel; to revolt
• 洼wādepression; low-lying area; low-lying; sunken
• 泷lóngrapids; waterfall; torrential (rain)

Sounds the same

Read jǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 举to lift; to hold up; to cite
• 矩carpenter's square; rule; regulation
• 咀to chew; to masticate
• 柜Salix multinervis
• 榉Zeikowa acuminata
• 蒟betel
• 莒alternative name for taro (old)
• 踽hunchbacked; walk alone
• 龃used in 龃龉
• 筥round bamboo basket
• 弆(literary) to collect; to keep in store
• 跙weak, lame