巨

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very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic; (coll.) very; extremely

4 strokes Dict coverage rank #936 U+5DE8

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A hand holding a large carpenter's square 工

components: 匚 ? unknown part

gigantic · Heisig RSH #2681

box — as a component also called: giant

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 巨 as their sound component

These characters all use 巨 (jù) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
巨 sound component	jù	large, huge, gigantic; chief
柜	guì	cabinet, cupboard, wardrobe; shop counter
距	jù	distance, gap
矩	jǔ	carpenter's square, ruler, rule
拒	jù	to defend, to ward off; to refuse
炬	jù	torch
苣	jù	a kind of lettuce
钜	jù	steel, iron; great
讵	jù	an interjection of surprise

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
百眼巨人	bǎi yǎn jù rén	hundred-eyed monster
事无巨细	shì wú jù xì	lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom); fig. to deal with any matte…
独眼巨人	dú yǎn jù rén	cyclops
红巨星	hóng jù xīng	red giant (star)
红超巨星	hóng chāo jù xīng	red supergiant (star)
巨嘴沙雀	jù zuǐ shā què	(bird species of China) desert finch (Rhodospiza obsoleta)
巨子	jù zǐ	variant of 鉅子\|巨子[ju4 zi3]
巨子	jù zǐ	(Mohism) master; leader; an authority; a prominent figure; tycoon; magnate
巨人	jù rén	giant
巨大	jù dà	huge; immense; enormous; gigantic
巨头	jù tóu	tycoon; magnate; big player (including company, country, school etc); big shot
巨嘴鸟	jù zuǐ niǎo	toucan
巨人观	jù rén guān	bloated corpse
巨细胞病毒	jù xì bāo bìng dú	cytomegalovirus (CMV)
巨野县	Jù yě Xiàn	Juye, a county in Heze City 菏澤市\|菏泽市[He2 ze2 Shi4], Shandong
巨石	jù shí	huge rock; boulder; monolith
巨流	jù liú	strong current; CL:股[gu3]
巨龙	jù lóng	gigantic dragon (lit. and fig.); titanosaur (abbr. for 泰坦巨龍\|泰坦巨龙[tai4 tan3 ju4 long2]); (s…
巨量转移	jù liàng zhuǎn yí	mass transfer (in LED panel manufacturing)
巨无霸指数	Jù wú bà Zhǐ shù	Big Mac Index, a measure of the purchasing power parity (PPP) between currencies