Ju

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ju"

English

Etymology 1

From various romanizations of various Chinese characters. As a prefecture, from Chinese 矩州 (Jǔzhōu, “Carpenter's-Square Prefecture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Proper noun

Ju

1. A surname from Chinese.
2. (historical) A former prefecture of imperial China centered on Juzhou in what is now Guizhou Province.
3. A county of Rizhao, Shandong, China.
   • [1996, Chen Cheng-Yih [程貞一], “Early Chinese Work in Astronomy”, in Early Chinese Work in Natural Science: A Re-examination of the Physics of Motion, Acoustics, Astronomy and Scientific Thoughts [中華早期自然科學之再研討]‎, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 173:

     Among the various Neolithic inscriptions found on pottery vessels and other artifacts that contain astronomical information, the most significant ones are probably those found on ceremonial pottery vessels of the Dàwénkǒu culture (c. -4300 to -1900) unearthed in 1959 at Língyánghé 陵陽河 in Jǔ 莒 county in the Shāndōng 山東 province as illustrated in Figure 46.²¹²]

Synonyms

• (prefecture): Juzhou

Derived terms

• Ju kiln
• Ju ware

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Ju

1. (Hong Kong, slang) Clipping of JUPAS.

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w̥/

Letter

Ju (lower case ju)

1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

Middle English

Noun

Ju

1. alternative form of Jew

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒu/

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: Ju

Proper noun

Ju f

1. A diminutive of several female given names, such as Júlia, Juliana, Jussara and Jurema.