钜

钜 · jù

steel, iron; great

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
jù
Cantonese
geoi6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

steel, iron; great

Dictionary definitions & readings

钜 jù · (literary) hard iron; (literary) hook; barb; used in personal names and place names; variant of 巨 jù

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0614.011,0614.080:jù Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
185.170:jù Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
其吕 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
XCSS Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
8171 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1328.061 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+949C
Radical
钅 · 167
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
4
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6845

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

9 strokes
钜
Strokes
9
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

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Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

鉅

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
gjoX · 其吕 · 遇開三上魚群 · #1337

PHONO-ML, source line 9575; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
64174.181
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
64174.181
kIRGKangXi
1328.061
kKangXi
1328.061
kCangjie
XCSS
kFourCornerCode
8171
kUnihanCore2020
G
kIRG_GSource
G0-6E52
kRSUnicode
167'.4
kTotalStrokes
9
kCCCII
29425D
kEACC
4B3C38
kGB0
7850
kMainlandTelegraph
6880
kTGH
2013:6845
kCantonese
geoi6
kDefinition
steel, iron; great
kFanqie
其吕
kMandarin
jù
kTGHZ2013
185.170:jù
kXHC1983
0614.011,0614.080:jù
kTraditionalVariant
U+9245

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 钜0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
钅 beside 巨 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿰钅巨$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰钅巨$(G)

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