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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jù | ju4
English translation
very large
huge
tremendous
gigantic
large, huge, gigantic; chief

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Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

Contains the radical

fāng

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

A hand holding a large carpenter's square  gōng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

fāng

Explanation

Pictograph of a carpenter's square, a tool for measuring right angles. Based on the original meaning "carpenter's square", now written as . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

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这个 zhè ge 大礼堂 shì dòng 巨大 jùdà de 建筑物 jiàn zhù wù .

The auditorium is a building of great magnitude.

房子 fáng zi bèi 巨大 jùdà de shù suǒ 遮蔽 zhē bì .

The house is shadowed by a huge tree.

巨浪 jiàn zài 甲板 jiǎ bǎn shǎng .

Huge waves washed over the deck.

这部自传体 de 宏篇巨制 shì 漫长 màncháng 事业 shìyè 生涯 shēng yá de 必然 bìrán 成果 chéngguǒ .

This massive autobiographical work was the logical culmination of her long career.

今年 jīn nián chūn ,国会 Guó huì 专门 zhuānmén wéi chāo 巨额 jù é 基金 jījīn 召开 zhàokāi le 听证会 tīng zhèng huì .

And this spring Congress has been conducting hearings on Superfund.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
巨大 jùdà huge巨大 jùdà
huge
巨人 jù rén giant巨人 jù rén
巨星 jù xīng (astronomy) giant star巨星 jù xīng
巨蟹座 Jù xiè zuò Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)巨蟹座 Jù xiè zuò
巨额 jù é a huge amount巨額
巨型 jù xíng giant巨型 jù xíng
巨头 jù tóu tycoon巨頭
艰巨 jiānjù arduous艱巨
巨响 jù xiǎng loud sound巨響
巨款 jù kuǎn huge sum of money巨款 jù kuǎn
巨石 jù shí huge rock巨石 jù shí
巨资 jù zī vast sum巨資
巨变 jù biàn great changes巨變
巨无霸 Jù wú bà giant巨無霸
巨幅 jù fú extremely large (of paintings, photographs etc)巨幅 jù fú
事无巨细 shì wú jù xì lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom)事無巨細
巨著 jù zhù monumental (literary) work巨著 jù zhù
巨匠 jù jiàng great master (of literature, music etc)巨匠 jù jiàng
巨富 jù fù enormous sum巨富 jù fù
巨轮 jù lún large ship巨輪
巨量 jù liàng massive巨量 jù liàng
巨蟒 jù mǎng python巨蟒 jù mǎng

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Compounds

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