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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jú | ju2
English translation
narrow, cramped, confined

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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person

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻局

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and gōu represents the sound.

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
office
结局 jiéjú conclusion結局
局长 jú zhǎng bureau chief局長
局面 júmiàn aspect局面 júmiàn
出局 chū jú to eliminate出局 chū jú
警察局 jǐng chá jú police station警察局 jǐng chá jú
局部 júbù part局部 júbù
局势 júshì situation局勢
当局 dāng jú authorities當局
总局 zǒng jú head office總局
格局 géjú structure格局 géjú
布局 bùjú arrangement佈局
骗局 piàn jú a swindle騙局
分局 fēn jú sub-bureau分局 fēn jú
大局 dà jú general situation大局 dà jú
全局 quánjú overall situation全局 quánjú
局限 júxiàn to limit局限 júxiàn
公安局 gōngānjú public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station)公安局 gōngānjú
邮局 yóujú post office郵局
平局 píng jú a tie平局 píng jú
开局 kāi jú opening (chess etc)開局

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