距
Meanings
- to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from
- (bound form) distance
- spur (on the leg of certain birds: gamecock, pheasant etc)
Characters in this entry
- 距
- jù · distance; bird's spur
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Mandarin tones
4 · ju4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
geoi6 · keoi5
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character
- spur (of a cock, pheasant, etc.)
- to be apart; to be away from
- distance
- (literary) to arrive; to reach
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 拒 (jù, “to resist; to reject”)
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 巨 (jù, “huge; gigantic”)
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 詎 /讵 (jù, “how”)
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