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踞

jù

Character

What 踞 means

1. to be based upon
2. to squat

Words containing 踞

• 盘踞pán jùto occupy illegally; to seize (territory); to entrench (oneself)
• 窜踞cuàn jùto flee in disorder and encamp somewhere
• 蹲踞dūn jùsquat; crouch
• 雄踞xióng jùto be perched high; to be located prominently; to be preeminent
• 虎踞龙盘hǔ jù lóng pánlit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain
• 虎踞龙蟠hǔ jù lóng pánlit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain
• 蟠踞pán jùvariant of 盘踞

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
• 琚jūornamental gems for belt
• 裾jūgarment
• 倨jù(literary) haughty; arrogant
• 椐jūZelkowa acuminata

Characters that look like 踞

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

• 踏tàto tread; to stamp; to step on
• 踢tīto kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)
• 酶méienzyme; ferment
• 膳shànmeals
• 臻zhēnto arrive; to reach (esp. perfection); utmost
• 辗zhǎnused in 辗转

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