巨

See also: 鉅 and 囙

Translingual

Han character

巨 (Kangxi radical 48, 工+2 in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 工+1 in mainland China, 5 strokes in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 4 strokes in mainland China, cangjie input 尸尸 (SS), four-corner 7171₇, composition ⿷匚コ)

Derived characters

• 佢, 𠰠, 姖, 岠, 弡, 怇, 拒, 洰, 昛, 柜, 炬, 𭸾, 𨒑, 歫, 矩, 秬, 粔, 䋌, 耟, 蚷, 詎(讵), 𧲽, 𧺹, 距, 䣰, 鉅(钜), 壾, 駏, 鮔, 𪀏, 䶙, 䢹, 𩿝, 巪, 乬, 螶, 奆, 苣, 𥬙, 𨳽

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		巨
simp. #		巨
alternative forms		𢀑 ancient form

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 巨
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (巨) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
柜	*kaʔ
渠	*ɡa
磲	*ɡa
蕖	*ɡa
蟝	*ɡa
璖	*ɡa
巨	*ɡaʔ
距	*ɡaʔ
拒	*ɡaʔ
苣	*ɡaʔ
炬	*ɡaʔ
詎	*ɡaʔ, *ɡas
鉅	*ɡaʔ
秬	*ɡaʔ
粔	*ɡaʔ
駏	*ɡaʔ
歫	*ɡaʔ
矩	*kʷaʔ
榘	*kʷaʔ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jù (ju⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kî
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kū / kǐr / kī / kîr

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ge⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴
    • Yale: jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: geoi⁶
    • Yale: geuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū
    • Tâi-lô: kū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ku
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐr
    • Tâi-lô: kǐr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī
    • Tâi-lô: kī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kîr
    • Tâi-lô: kîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²⁴/

Note:

• Quanzhou:
  • kǐr - literary;
  • kîr - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ge⁶
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ̆
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: gjoX

Rime
Character	巨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	其吕切
Baxter	gjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ɡiɔX/
Wang Li	/ɡĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	巨
Reading #	1/1
No.	7047
Phonetic component	巨
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡaʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 巨

1. (alt. form 鉅) huge; gigantic; enormous
2. a surname
3. macro-; macro
4. million; one million; mega-; mega
5. Short for 巨港 (Jùgǎng, “Palembang”).

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6. (neologism) super; very

Antonyms

• 微

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 巨 – see 颶 (“typhoon; hurricane”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 颶).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

巨

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. enormous, giant

Readings

• Go-on: ご (go)
• Kan-on: きょ (kyo, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: こ (ko)
• Kun: おおきい (ōkii, 巨きい)
• Nanori: おお (ō); か (ka); なお (nao)

Compounds

Compounds

• 巨人(きょじん) (kyojin): a giant
• 巨乳(きょにゅう) (kyonyū): large breasts
• 巨大(きょだい) (kyodai): huge

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Korean

Hanja

巨 • (geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune–Reischauer kŏ)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 巨 (cự, cựa)

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