剧

theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute; severe

10 strokes Dict coverage rank #723 U+5267

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

刂 (semantic, “knife”) + 居 (phonetic, jū)

components: 居刂

drama · Heisig RSH #890

居 reside + saber

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 居

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 居 (jū) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
居 sound component	jū	to live, to reside; to dwell; to sit
据	jù	to possess, to occupy; position; base
锯	jù	a saw; to saw, to amputate
倨	jù	arrogant, haughty, rude
椐	jū	Zelkowa acuminata
琚	jū	girdle ornaments
裾	jū	hem, lapel; skirt

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
上海大剧院	Shàng hǎi Dà jù yuàn	Shanghai Grand Theater
行动剧	xíng dòng jù	(Tw) street theater (esp. as a form of political expression)
剧作家	jù zuò jiā	playwright
上海戏剧学院	Shàng hǎi Xì jù Xué yuàn	Shanghai Theatre Academy
上星剧	shàng xīng jù	satellite television show
新剧同志会	Xīn jù Tóng zhì huì	New Play Comrade Society, Chinese theatrical company founded in 1912, a continuation of th…
电影剧本	diàn yǐng jù běn	screenplay; film script
杂剧四大家	Zá jù Sì Dà jiā	Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿\|关汉卿[Guan1 Han4 qing1], Zheng Guangzu …
音乐剧	yīn yuè jù	(theater, cinema) a musical
电视剧	diàn shì jù	TV series; TV drama; CL:部[bu4]
时装剧	shí zhuāng jù	contemporary drama
人间喜剧	Rén jiān Xǐ jù	La Comédie humaine, series of novels by 19th century French novelist Honoré de Balzac 巴爾扎克…
活报剧	huó bào jù	political street theater (loanword from Zhivaya Gazeta, or Living Newspaper, Russian theat…
古装剧	gǔ zhuāng jù	costume drama
加剧	jiā jù	to intensify
剧本	jù běn	script; screenplay; scenario; libretto
剧本杀	jù běn shā	murder mystery game (role-playing game)
保留剧目	bǎo liú jù mù	repertory; repertoire; repertory item
美剧	Měi jù	American TV series (abbr. for 美國電視劇\|美国电视剧[Mei3 guo2 dian4 shi4 ju4])
爱情喜剧	ài qíng xǐ jù	romantic comedy