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钜

jù

Character Traditional 鉅

What 钜 means

1. literaryhard iron
2. literaryhook; barb
3. used in personal names and place names
4. variant of {巨|jù}

Words starting with 钜

• 钜子jù zǐ(Mohism) master; leader (variant of 巨子
• 钜惠jù huìbig discount…

Characters built on 巨

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

• 距jùto be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance…
• 拒jùto resist; to repel; to refuse
• 矩jǔcarpenter's square; rule; regulation
• 炬jùtorch
• 苣jùused in 莴苣

Characters that look like 钜

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

• 钢gāngsteel
• 铀yóuuranium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. yòu
• 钼mùmolybdenum (chemistry)
• 钰yùtreasure; hard metal
• 钽tǎntantalum (chemistry)
• 柩jiùbier

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