巨

See also: 鉅, 臣, and 囙
巨 U+5DE8, 巨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DE8
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[U+5DE9]

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 ⿷工コ(TJK) or ⿷匚コ(G))

Derived characters

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

Chinese
trad. 巨
simp. # 巨
alternative forms 㠪
𠫕
𢀑 ancient form
𢀓

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

Pictogram (象形) – a carpenter's square; the original form of 矩 (OC *kʷaʔ). Borrowed phonetically for the sense "enormous".

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *wa (“large, wide, distant”). Insides Sinitic, 巨 (OC *gwaʔ ?) is possibly related to 迂 (OC *wa, “to enlarge, increase”) and perhaps 況 (OC *hwaŋh, “to increase, increasingly, how much more, moreover”); outsides Sinitic, cognate with Mizo vak (“with force, very hard, much, exceedingly, in large number / quantities, (open mouth) wide”).

Pronunciation

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

巨

  1. huge; gigantic; enormous
    alt. forms: 鉅／巨 (jù), 距 (jù)
  2. a surname
  3. macro-; macro
  4. million; one million; mega-; mega
  5. Short for 巨港 (Jùgǎng, “Palembang”).
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
  6. (neologism) super; very

Antonyms

Compounds

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 巨 – see 颶 (“typhoon; hurricane”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 颶).
Notes:

References

Japanese
Shinjitai 巨
Kyūjitai
[1]
巨󠄁
巨+󠄁?
(Adobe-Japan1)
巨󠄃
巨+󠄃?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
巨

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. enormous, giant

Readings

Compounds
Compounds

References
  1. “巨”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

巨 (eumhun 클 거 (keul geo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

巨: Hán Nôm readings: cự, cựa

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