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苴

jū

Character

What 苴 means

1. (hemp)
2. sack cloth

Other readings

苴 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Jūsurname Ju

Words starting with 苴

• 苴麻jū máfemale hemp plant (Cannabis sativa)

Words containing 苴

• 司马穰苴Sī mǎ Ráng jūSima Rangju (c. 800 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), military strategist of the Qi…

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)
• 沮jǔto destroy; to stop

Characters that look like 苴

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

• 览lǎnto look at; to view; to read
• 荒huāngdesolate; shortage; scarce
• 昱yùbright light
• 笈jítrunks (for books)
• 苋xiànamaranth (genus Amaranthus); Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)…
• 苜mùclover

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
• 琚ornamental gems for belt
• 疽gangrene
• 裾garment
• 趄used in 趑趄