剧

剧 · jù

theatrical plays, opera, drama

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

theatrical plays, opera, drama

Mandarin
jù
Cantonese
kek6

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese

Readings recorded for 剧 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.

Japanese 日本語

Not recorded for this exact character in this dataset. This does not mean the language has no reading.

Korean 한국어

Not recorded for this exact character in this dataset. This does not mean the language has no reading.

Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

Character readings · Quốc ngữ

cưa

Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kVietnamese ↗ · provisional property

cưa

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5267
Radical
刀 · 18
Strokes
10 · Unihan
Residual
8

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

10 strokes
剧
Strokes
10
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

10 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿰居刂(GTV)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 剧

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

History & distinctions

Related forms

劇

Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
jù
kCantonese
kek6
kDefinition
theatrical plays, opera, drama
kTotalStrokes
10
kRSUnicode
18.8
kTraditionalVariant
U+5267 U+5287
kSimplifiedVariant
U+5267
kTGH
2013:2132

Readings across dictionaries

Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

Reference desk

Sentences in context

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The attributed sentence collection is still small; this spelling has no retained example yet.

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Structure & connections

0.10
117dictionary records using 剧0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
居 beside 刂 · the shape used in China, Taiwan, Vietnam
Source notation ^⿰居刂$(GTV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰居刂$(GTV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.