鉅 meaning and stroke order
Steel, iron; great
How to write 鉅, stroke by stroke
12 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 鉅
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- variant of 巨[ju4]
- (literary) hard iron
- (literary) hook; barb
- used in personal names and place names
How 鉅 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Metal.
釒 gives the meaning and 巨 hints at the sound.
Radical: 釒 (gold), shared by 135 characters on this site.
How to remember 鉅
Metal 釒 on the left plus 巨 (jù, huge) on the right: a huge chunk of hard metal. The 巨 side also tells you the sound, jù.
Today 鉅 is mostly seen in traditional-character writing as a variant of 巨 meaning great or huge, and in names of people and places. In older literary texts it can mean hard iron or a hook. Example: 鉅額資金 (jù'é zījīn) a huge sum of money.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes confuse 鉅 with 鋸 (jù, saw), which also has the metal radical and the same sound but uses 居 on the right. In simplified Chinese, write 巨 for great, as in 巨大 (jùdà), not 鉅.
Questions about 鉅
How many strokes are in 鉅?
鉅 is written with 12 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 鉅 mean?
鉅 (jù) means steel, iron; great.
How do you pronounce 鉅?
鉅 is pronounced jù, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 鉅?
The radical of 鉅 is 釒, which carries the idea of "gold". Dictionaries list 鉅 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 鉅?
鉅 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 巨 and 钜, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 鉅 the same as 巨?
In the sense of great or huge, yes, 鉅 is a variant of 巨. Mainland simplified text uses 巨, while 鉅 still appears in some Taiwan and Hong Kong writing, names, and older texts.
What does 鉅 mean in a name like 鉅鹿?
鉅鹿 (Jùlù) is a historical place name in present-day Hebei. In names like this the character is part of a fixed proper noun, so you read it as jù and do not translate it piece by piece.