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聚

jù

HSK 4 Character

What 聚 means

1. to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive)
2. chemistrypoly-

Example sentences

• 物以类聚。
  Wùyǐlèijù.
  Birds of a feather flock together.
• 笨蛋难聚财。
  A fool and his money are soon parted.
• 他爱去聚会。
  He loves to party.
• 开个聚会很好。
  It would be nice to have a party.
• 聚会结束了吗？
  Is the party over?
• 聚会要开始了。
  The party is about to begin.

Words starting with 聚

• 聚会jù huìparty; gathering; to meet
• 聚精会神jù jīng huì shénto concentrate one's attention (idiom)
• 聚集jù jíto assemble; to gather
• 聚焦jù jiāoto focus (light, electron beam etc); to focus attention
• 聚餐jù cānto get together for a meal; to dine together
• 聚合jù héto bring together; to combine into a whole; (chemistry) to polymerize
• 聚居jù jūto inhabit a region (esp. ethnic group); to congregate
• 聚首jù shǒuto gather; to meet
• 聚拢jù lǒngto gather together
• 聚众jù zhòngto gather a crowd; to muster
• 聚散jù sàncoming together and separating; aggregation and dissipation
• 聚光灯jù guāng dēngspotlight
• 聚光jù guāngto focus light
• 聚友Jù yǒuMySpace (social networking website)
• 聚伙jù huǒto band together (often for violent or unlawful purposes); to gang up
• 聚积jù jīto accumulate; to collect; to build up
• 聚义jù yì(literary) to band together in a just cause
• 聚落jù luòsettlement; dwelling place; town
• 聚谈jù tánto have a discussion in a group; to have a chat with sb
• 聚议jù yìto meet for negotiation
• 聚变jù biàn(physics) to undergo fusion
• 聚头jù tóuto meet; to get together
• 聚点jù diǎnmeeting point; accumulation point (math.)
• 聚合物jù hé wùpolymer

Words containing 聚

• 凝聚níng jùto condense; to coagulate; coacervation (i.e. form tiny droplets)
• 相聚xiāng jùto meet together; to assemble
• 团聚tuán jùto reunite; to have a reunion
• 汇聚huì jùconvergence; to come together
• 凝聚力níng jù lìcohesion; cohesiveness; cohesive
• 积聚jī jùto coalesce; to gather together; to amass
• 全聚德Quán jù déQuanjude (famous Chinese restaurant)
• 集聚jí jùto assemble; to gather
• 齐聚qí jùto gather in one place
• 欢聚huān jùto get together socially; to celebrate; party
• 重聚chóng jùto meet again
• 群聚qún jùto gather; to congregate; to aggregate
• 低聚物dī jù wùoligomer (chemistry)
• 核聚变hé jù biànnuclear fusion
• 访惠聚fǎng huì jùprogram of visiting Muslim households in Xinjiang to monitor them, begun in 2014…
• 高聚物gāo jù wùpolymer
• 好聚好散hǎo jù hǎo sànto part without hard feelings; to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it
• 物以类聚wù yǐ lèi jùsimilar things come together (idiom); like draws like; Birds of a feather flock together.
• 生聚教训shēng jù jiào xùnto increase the population, amass wealth, and teach the people to be faithful to the…
• 经气聚集jīng qì jù jímeeting points of qi (in Chinese medicine)
• 王国聚会所Wáng guó Jù huì suǒKingdom Hall (place of worship used by Jehovah's Witnesses)
• 热核聚变反应rè hé jù biàn fǎn yìngthermonuclear fusion reaction
• 茶聚chá jùinformal gathering with refreshments provided
• 木聚糖mù jù tángxylan

Characters built on 取

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

• 趣qùinteresting; to interest
• 娶qǔto take a wife; to marry (a woman)

Characters that look like 聚

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

• 蒙méng(literary) sincere; honest; genuine
• 髦máobang (hair); fashionable; mane
• 箴zhēnto warn; to admonish; variant of 针
• 雹báohail
• 箫xiāoxiao, a vertical bamboo flute
• 畿jīterritory around the capital

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
• 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
• 炬torch