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炬

jù

Character

What 炬 means

1. torch

Words containing 炬

• 火炬huǒ jù(flaming) torch
• 蜡炬là jù(literary) candle
• 火炬手huǒ jù shǒu(lit. and fig.) torchbearer
• 氧乙炔炬yǎng yǐ quē jùan oxyacetylene torch
• 氧乙炔焊炬yǎng yǐ quē hàn jùoxyacetylene torch
• 付之一炬fù zhī yī jùto put to the torch (idiom); to commit to the flames; to burn sth down deliberately

Characters built on 巨

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

• 距jùto be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance…
• 拒jùto resist; to repel; to refuse
• 矩jǔcarpenter's square; rule; regulation
• 钜jù(literary) hard iron; (literary) hook; barb; used in personal names and place names
• 苣jùused in 莴苣

Characters that look like 炬

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

• 促cù(bound form) of short duration; hasty; rapid; (bound form) to hasten; to hurry; to urge…
• 朋péngfriend
• 矩jǔcarpenter's square; rule; regulation
• 烂lànsoft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose
• 烃tīnghydrocarbon
• 涎xiánsaliva

Sounds the same

Read jù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 句sentence; clause; phrase
• 据according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on
• 具tool; device; utensil
• 距to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance…
• 剧theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute
• 拒to resist; to repel; to refuse
• 聚to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-
• 巨very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic; (colloquial) very; extremely
• 俱(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception; (literary) to be together…
• 惧to fear
• 锯a saw; to saw
• 足excessive