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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jú | ju2
English translation
orange, tangerine

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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tree

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木矞

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

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hěn 仔细 zǐxì de 用纸橘子 jú zi Bāo 起来 qǐlai .

She papered the oranges carefully.

服务员 fúwùyuán gěi 我们 wǒmen duān lái pán 掰开 bāi kāi de 橘子 jú zi bàn .

The waiter brought us a dish of orange segments.

正在 zhèngzài 拣选 jiǎn xuǎn lán 橘子 jú zi .

She is picking over a basket of oranges.

橘子 jú zi shì zài wài , tián zài 其中 qízhōng .

The outside of an orange is bitter, but the inside is sweet.

zài 乡村 xiāng cūn 不断 bùduàn huàn 工作 gōngzuò wéi 不同 bù tóng de 柑橘园干活 gàn huó

He moved around the country working in orange groves.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
tangerine
橘子 jú zi tangerine橘子 jú zi
柑橘 gān jú citrus柑橘 gān jú
橘红 jú hóng orange (color)橘紅
越橘 yuè jú cowberry越橘 yuè jú
橘子汁 jú zi zhī orange juice橘子汁 jú zi zhī
金橘 jīn jú kumquat金橘 jīn jú
橘柑 jú gān tangerine橘柑 jú gān
枸橘 gōu jú trifoliate orange (Citrus trifoliata)枸橘 gōu jú

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