琚

jū
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 an ornamental belt jade

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tóu wǒ yǐ mùguā, bào zhī yǐ qióng jū.
You threw me a papaya, and I repaid you with a fine jade.
HSK 7-9
Gǔrén pèidài de yù jiào jū.
The character 琚 names a jade pendant worn on a belt by the ancients.

Tips

culture
A jade ornament that hung between the top piece 珩 and the bottom piece 璜 of a noble's belt-pendant set. It appears in the Book of Songs line about repaying a gift of fruit with 琼琚 (a beautiful jade). Today it survives mainly as a given-name character.

Components

radical
王 wáng
jade (left-side radical)
The left-side 王 here is the jade radical (the side form of 玉), not 'king'. It marks 琚 as a jade object, the same family as 珏 and 璋.
phonetic
居 jū
to reside (phonetic)
The right side 居 'to dwell' supplies the sound jū directly and unchanged, an easy phonetic clue for this rare jade name.

Stroke Order

琚 jū