■ radical

jù

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How it’s built

Pictograph of a carpenter's square, a tool for measuring right angles. Based on the original meaning "carpenter's square", now written as 矩. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Through the ages

Bronze script

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 巨 as a component, most common first.

距jùdistance 拒jùto defend 柜guìcabinet 矩jǔcarpenter's square 炬jùtorch 苣jùa kind of lettuce

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