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遽

jù

Character

What 遽 means

1. hurry
2. fast
3. suddenly

Words starting with 遽

• 遽然jù rán(literary) all of a sudden

Words containing 遽

• 匆遽cōng jùhurried; impetuous; rash
• 急遽jí jùrapid; sudden
• 惶遽huáng jùfrightened; anxious
• 惊遽jīng jùin a panic; stunned

Characters built on 豦

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

• 醵jùto contribute to a feast; to pool (money)
• 璩qú(jade ring)

Characters that look like 遽

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

• 暹xiānsunrise
• 禧xǐjoy
• 遴lín(literary) to select
• 邃suìdeep; distant; mysterious
• 熵shāngentropy (character created in 1923)
• 璞púunpolished gem

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