巨

See also: 鉅

Translingual

Han character

巨 (radical 48 工+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 尸尸 (SS), four-corner 7171₇)

1. large, great, enormous, mega
2. chief

References

• KangXi: page 325, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8722
• Dae Jaweon: page 628, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 82, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5DE8

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		巨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jù (ju⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): kī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chü⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiw
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi⁶
    • Yale: geuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goei⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī
    • Tâi-lô: kī
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (巨, reconstructed)
Character (巨), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 群 (30) Final: 魚 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 其吕切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɡɨʌX/	/gi̯woX/	/ɡiɔX/	/ɡiɔX/	/gɨə̆X/	/ɡĭoX/	/ɡiɔX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (巨, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
巨					7047					巨					魚					0										/*ɡaʔ/

Compounds

• 巨变
• 巨大
• 巨额
• 巨富
• 巨贾
• 巨祸
• 巨奸
• 巨匠
• 巨款
• 巨流
• 巨轮
• 巨人
• 巨商
• 巨室
• 巨头
• 巨万
• 巨细
• 巨蟹座
• 巨星
• 巨型
• 巨眼
• 巨亿
• 巨著
• 巨子

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

巨

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. enormous, giant

Readings

• Goon: ご (go)
• Kan’on: きょ (kyo)
• Kan’yōon: こ (ko)
• Kun: おおきい (ookii)

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Korean

Hanja

巨 (geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune-Reischauer kŏ)

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Vietnamese

Han character

巨 (cự, cựa)

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