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琚

jū

Character

What 琚 means

1. ornamental gems for belt

Characters built on 居

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

• 据jùaccording to; to act in accordance with; to depend on
• 剧jùtheatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute
• 锯jùa saw; to saw
• 踞jùto be based upon; to squat
• 裾jūgarment
• 倨jù(literary) haughty; arrogant
• 椐jūZelkowa acuminata

Characters that look like 琚

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

• 据jùaccording to; to act in accordance with; to depend on
• 握wòto hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control
• 骚sāo(bound form) to disturb; to disrupt; flirty; coquettish; abbr. for 离骚
• 湄méi(literary) shore; coast; bank
• 楣méilintel; crossbeam
• 堀kūcave; hole

Sounds the same

Read jū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 居to reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up
• 拘to capture; to restrain; to constrain
• 鞠to incline (one's torso); to bow; leather ball used in ancient times…
• 驹colt
• 车war chariot (archaic); rook (in Chinese chess); rook (in chess)
• 掬to hold in one's hands; classifier for a double handful; Taiwan pr. jú
• 据used in 拮据
• 狙macaque; to spy; to lie in ambush
• 疽gangrene
• 苴(hemp); sack cloth
• 裾garment
• 趄used in 趑趄