# 巨

| 巨 | U+5DE8, &#24040; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DE8 |
| ← 巧 [U+5DE7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 巩 → [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 7171$_7$, composition ⿷工コ(TJK) or ⿷匚コ(G))

#### 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

## Chinese
### 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 |
| | 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 held in hand by a man 大; 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

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jù (ju$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): khî
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ki$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): gé̤ṳ
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gy$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kū / kǐr / kī / kîr / kǐ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ge$^6$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^6$jiu / $^6$ji / $^4$jiu / $^2$jiu
** (Jinhua): $^6$jiu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jù
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
*** Wade–Giles: chü$^4$
*** Yale: jyù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
*** Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: geoi$^6$
*** Yale: geuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: goey$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gêu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɵy̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khî
*** Hakka Romanization System: ki$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ki$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ki$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gé̤ṳ
*** Sinological IPA : /køy²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gy$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ky²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū
*** Tâi-lô: kū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ku
*** IPA (Taipei): /ku³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Hui'an)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐr
*** Tâi-lô: kǐr
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Hui'an): /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/
** (Hokkien: Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐ
*** Tâi-lô: kǐ
*** IPA (Jinjiang): /ki³³/
* Quanzhou:
** kǐr - literary;
** kîr - vernacular.
* 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 | /ɡɨʌ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡiɔ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiɔ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gɨə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiɔ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭo$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /gi̯wo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | geoi$^6$ |
* 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

巨
* huge; gigantic; enormous
    alt. forms: 鉅 / 巨 (jù), 距 (jù)
* a surname
* macro-; macro
* million; one million; mega-; mega
* Short for 巨港 (Jùgǎng, “Palembang”).
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
* (neologism, colloquial) super; very
** 2025 January 18, 29:26 from the start, in News Weekly‎, spoken by Fu Yuanhui, via China Central Television:
       zǒu kuài diǎn kuài shài sǐ wǒ le wǒ jù róngyì shàishāng [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Antonyms

* 小 (xiǎo)
* 微 (wēi)

#### Compounds

* 一代巨擘
* 三巨頭 / 三巨头 (sānjùtóu)
* 天王巨星
* 巨人 (jùrén)
* 巨人族
* 巨人症 (jùrénzhèng)
* 巨作 (jùzuò)
* 巨公
* 巨勛 / 巨勋
* 巨匠 (jùjiàng)
* 巨商
* 巨型 (jùxíng)
* 巨壑
* 巨大 (jùdà)
* 巨大無比 / 巨大无比 (jùdàwúbǐ)
* 巨子 (jùzǐ)
* 巨室 (jùshì)
* 巨富 (jùfù)
* 巨川
* 巨幅 (jùfú)
* 巨擘 (jùbò)
* 巨星 (jùxīng)
* 巨棒
* 巨棒外交
* 巨款 (jùkuǎn)
* 巨毋霸 (jùwúbà)
* 巨流 (jùliú)
* 巨浸
* 巨海
* 巨浪 (jùlàng)
* 巨港 (Jùgǎng)
* 巨烏賊 / 巨乌贼 (jùwūzéi)
* 巨然
* 巨無霸 / 巨无霸 (jùwúbà)
* 巨爵座 (Jùjuézuò)
* 巨猿
* 巨猾
* 巨獵豹 / 巨猎豹 (jùlièbào)
* 巨盜 / 巨盗
* 巨眼
* 巨石
* 巨石文化
* 巨碩 / 巨硕
* 巨禍 / 巨祸 (jùhuò)
* 巨萬 / 巨万 (jùwàn)
* 巨細 / 巨细 (jùxì)
* 巨細無遺 / 巨细无遗 (jùxìwúyí)
* 巨細靡遺 / 巨细靡遗 (jùxìmǐyí)
* 巨脾症
* 巨著 (jùzhù)
* 巨蛋 (jùdàn)
* 巨蛇座 (Jùshézuò)
* 巨蜥 (jùxī)
* 巨蟹座 (Jùxièzuò)
* 巨蠹
* 巨觥 (jùgōng)
* 巨變 / 巨变 (jùbiàn)
* 巨資 / 巨资 (jùzī)
* 巨闕 / 巨阙
* 巨響 / 巨响 (jùxiǎng)
* 巨頭 / 巨头 (jùtóu)
* 巨額 / 巨额 (jù'é)
* 巨鹿 (Jùlù)
* 巨龍 / 巨龙 (Jùlóng)
* 楊巨源 / 杨巨源
* 泥足巨人
* 深奸巨猾
* 狂濤巨浪 / 狂涛巨浪
* 看文巨眼
* 老奸巨猾 (lǎojiānjùhuá)
* 艱巨 / 艰巨 (jiānjù)
* 超巨星 (chāojùxīng)
* 郭巨
* 鴻篇巨制 / 鸿篇巨制 (hóngpiānjùzhì)
* 鴻篇巨帙 / 鸿篇巨帙 (hóngpiānjùzhì)

### 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.

### References

* “巨”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01149

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 巨 |
| Kyūjitai | 巨󠄁 巨+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 巨󠄃 巨+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* 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)、でかい (dekai, 巨い)
* Nanori: おお (ō)、か (ka)、なお (nao)

#### Compounds

* 巨(きょ)人(じん) (kyojin): a giant
* 巨(きょ)乳(にゅう) (kyonyū): large breasts
* 巨(きょ)大(だい) (kyodai): huge

### References

* ↑ “巨”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## 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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