巨 (jù): very large, huge, tremendous, gigantic, (coll.) very, extremely
巨 (jù) is a Chinese character meaning “very large.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 匚 (structural). It ranks #913 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 巨 a hand holding a large carpenter's square 工. Its radical form 工 (work) appears in many related characters such as 工 (gōng, work), 左 (zuǒ, left), 差 (chā, difference).
Definitions
- very large
- huge
- tremendous
- gigantic
- (coll.) very
- extremely
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA hand holding a large carpenter's square 工
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 巨
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巨人 | jù rén | giant |
| 巨星 | jù xīng | (astronomy) giant star |
| 巨型 | jù xíng | giant |
| 巨额 | jù é | a huge sum |
| 艰巨 | jiān jù | variant of 艱鉅|艰巨[jian1 ju4] |
| 巨头 | jù tóu | tycoon |
| 巨龙 | jù lóng | gigantic dragon (lit. and fig.) |
| 巨款 | jù kuǎn | huge sum of money |
| 巨石 | jù shí | huge rock |
| 巨无霸 | jù wú bà | giant |
| 巨变 | jù biàn | great changes |
| 巨响 | jù xiǎng | loud sound |
| 事无巨细 | shì wú jù xì | lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom) |
| 巨资 | jù zī | huge investment |
| 巨蟒 | jù mǎng | python |
巨 appears in 81 compound words: 78 as the first character, 2 as the last, and 20 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 巨 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
to be badly injured and in great pain; to suffer from great loss and deep distress
Example Sentences
巨字虽然难写，但意思很有趣。
jù zì suī rán nán xiě , dàn yì sī hěn yǒu qù .
The character "巨" may be difficult to write, but its meaning is quite interesting.
...价40-50%也无法套现?全球10大私募巨头遭遇“退出寒冬”-FX168
. . . jià 4 0 5 0 yě wú fǎ tào xiàn ? quán qiú 1 0 dà sī mù jù tóu zāo yù tuì chū hán dōng F X 1 6 8
... 40-50% of the price can't be cashed out? The world's top 10 private equity giants suffered an "exit winter" - FX168
...!今年首波水逆来了 命理师示警:恐爆职场巨变
. . . ! jīn nián shǒu bō shuǐ nì lái le mìng lǐ shī shì jǐng : kǒng bào zhí chǎng jù biàn
...! The first wave of water retrograde this year is coming, and numerologists warn: I am afraid of great changes in the workplace
悬赏1万元 济南长21米、高7米“巨型鳌鱼”飞了 全网急寻
xuán shǎng 1 wàn yuán jì nán cháng 2 1 mǐ , gāo 7 mǐ jù xíng 鳌 yú fēi le quán wǎng jí xún
A reward of 10,000 yuan Jinan's 21-meter-long and 7-meter-high "giant turtle" flew and the whole network was urgently searching
大巨蛋影厅变喜宴场 280人看完电影开饭
dà jù dàn yǐng tīng biàn xǐ yàn chǎng 2 8 0 rén kàn wán diàn yǐng kāi fàn
The theater hall of the Grand Dome turned into a banquet for 280 people to start eating after watching the movie
山东济南网红巨型空飘鳌鱼被大风吹走,现场工作人员尝..
shān dōng jì nán wǎng hóng jù xíng kōng piāo 鳌 yú bèi dà fēng chuī zǒu , xiàn chǎng gōng zuò rén yuán cháng . .
Shandong Jinan Internet celebrity giant floating turtle was blown away by strong winds, and the on-site staff tasted:
它发出巨响爆炸了。
Tā fāchū jùxiǎng bàozhà le.
It exploded with a loud noise.
有关癌症成因的研究耗费颇巨。
Yǒuguān áizhèng chéngyīn de yánjiū hàofèi pō jù.
Research on the causes of cancer is very expensive.
萨米有峰巨大的骆驼。
Sàmǐ yǒu fēng jùdà de luòtuo.
Sami has a huge camel.
一艘巨大的液货船刚刚启航。
Yī sōu jùdà de yè huòchuán gānggang qǐháng.
A huge tanker cast off just now.
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