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莒

jǔ

Character

What 莒 means

1. alternative name for taro (old)

Other readings

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

• JǔZhou Dynasty vassal state in modern day Shandong Province

Words starting with 莒

• 莒光Jǔ guāngChukuang Island, one of the Matsu Islands; Chukuang township in Lienchiang county 连江县
• 莒国Jǔ guóthe state of Ju, ancient Dongyi state
• 莒县Jǔ XiànJu County or Juxian, a county in Rizhao City 日照市
• 莒南县Jǔ nán XiànJunan, a county in Linyi City 临沂市
• 莒南Jǔ nánsee 莒南县

Characters built on 吕

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

• 铝lǚaluminum (chemistry)
• 侣lǚcompanion
• 闾lǘgate of a village; village

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
• 沮to destroy; to stop
• 柜Salix multinervis
• 榉Zeikowa acuminata
• 蒟betel
• 踽hunchbacked; walk alone
• 龃used in 龃龉
• 筥round bamboo basket
• 弆(literary) to collect; to keep in store
• 跙weak, lame