鉅

See also: 巨 and 钜

鉅 U+9245, 鉅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9245 ← 鉄 [U+9244] CJK Unified Ideographs 鉆 → [U+9246]

Translingual

Han character

鉅 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金尸尸 (CSS), four-corner 8111₇, composition ⿰釒巨)

1. steel, iron
2. great

Derived characters

• 𰁎

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1300, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40286
• Dae Jaweon: page 1802, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4174, character 18
• Unihan data for U+9245

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

trad.		鉅
simp.		巨*

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jù (ju⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi⁶
• Northern Min (KCR): gṳ̀
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kū

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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/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gṳ̀
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ky⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū
    • Tâi-lô: kū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ku
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ku⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ku²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ku³³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 鉅
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕy⁵¹/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕy⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕy⁵³/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕy²¹/
	Qingdao	/t͡ɕy⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡ɕy³¹²/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕy⁴⁴/
	Xining	/t͡ɕy⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕy¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕy¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕy²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕy³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡ɕy¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕi²¹³/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕi²¹²/
	Nanjing	/t͡ɕy⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡sz̩ʷ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕy⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕy³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/d͡ʑy²³/
	Suzhou	/d͡ʑy³¹/
	Hangzhou	/d͡zz̩ʷ¹³/
	Wenzhou	/d͡ʑy²²/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕy³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/t͡ɕy²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡ɕʰy²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/kʰi⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/køy²²/
	Nanning	/ky²²/
	Hong Kong	/køy²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/ku²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/køy²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ky⁴²/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kɯ³⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ki³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: gjoX

Rime
Character	鉅
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鉅
Reading #	1/1
No.	7053
Phonetic component	巨
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡaʔ/

Definitions

鉅

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Compounds

• 創鉅痛深 / 创巨痛深 (chuāngjù-tòngshēn)
• 名公鉅卿 / 名公巨卿
• 文章鉅公 / 文章巨公
• 艱鉅 / 艰巨 (jiānjù)
• 鉅公 / 巨公
• 鉅卿偉公 / 巨卿伟公
• 鉅子 / 巨子 (jùzǐ)
• 鉅富 / 巨富 (jùfù)
• 鉅款 / 巨款 (jùkuǎn)
• 鉅萬 / 巨万 (jùwàn)
• 鉅細無遺 / 巨细无遗 (jùxìwúyí)
• 鉅細靡遺 / 巨细靡遗 (jùxìmǐyí)
• 鉅著 / 巨著 (jùzhù)
• 鉅變 / 巨变 (jùbiàn)
• 鉅額 / 巨额 (jù'é)
• 鉅黍 / 巨黍

Etymology 2

trad.		鉅
simp.		钜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jù (ju⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi⁶

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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/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 鉅
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕy⁵¹/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕy⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕy⁵³/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕy²¹/
	Qingdao	/t͡ɕy⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡ɕy³¹²/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕy⁴⁴/
	Xining	/t͡ɕy⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕy¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕy¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕy²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕy³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡ɕy¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕi²¹³/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕi²¹²/
	Nanjing	/t͡ɕy⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡sz̩ʷ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕy⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕy³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/d͡ʑy²³/
	Suzhou	/d͡ʑy³¹/
	Hangzhou	/d͡zz̩ʷ¹³/
	Wenzhou	/d͡ʑy²²/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕy³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/t͡ɕy²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡ɕʰy²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/kʰi⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/køy²²/
	Nanning	/ky²²/
	Hong Kong	/køy²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/ku²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/køy²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ky⁴²/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kɯ³⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ki³⁵/

Definitions

鉅

1. Used in place names.

Compounds

• 船沉鉅鹿 / 船沉钜鹿
• 鉅橋 / 钜桥
• 鉅鹿之戰 / 钜鹿之战
• 鉅鹿 / 钜鹿 (Jùlù)

Japanese

Kanji

鉅

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): きょ (kyo)
• Kun: はがね (hagane)

Korean

Hanja

鉅 • (geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune–Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鉅: Hán Nôm readings: cự

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