鉅 (jù) · old form of 巨 (huge; great) (archaic)

Meanings

1 old form of 巨 (huge; great) (archaic)
2 hard iron; a barb or hook (classical)

Characters

鉅

jù

huge; hard iron

Examples

HSK 5

鉅字如今写作巨，如巨大。

Jù zì rújīn xiě zuò jù, rú jùdà.

The old form 鉅 is now written 巨 in 巨大 'huge'.

Tips

history

鉅 is not used independently in modern Chinese. It is an old written variant of 巨 (huge), simplified today as 钜; in classical texts it also meant hard iron or a barbed hook. It joins the metal radical 钅 (traditional 釒) with the phonetic 巨.

register

Archaic spelling; encountered in old texts, personal and place names, and etymology notes, not in modern writing.