Chinese Character 就 Meanings and components.

Form

就

Meaning

就 meaning[3] in English

At Once.

Right Away.

Only.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 就 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are abbr. for Beijing (京) , and surname You (尤)

Its radical[1] is: 尢 (you2) which means: Lame, .尢you2lame

In cangjie it is written with YFIKU

How to write 就

To write就jiu4at once you should write a combination of 京jing1abbr. for … , 尤you2surname You arranged in a 吅 shape:

京 + 尤 = 就

就 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 就 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 就, looks as follow:

就
Pinyin:jiu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: At Once . Right Away . Only . Just (Emphasis) . As Early As . Already . As Soon As . Then . In That Case . As Many As . Even If . To Approach . To Move Towards . To Undertake . To Engage In . To Suffer . Subjected To . To Accomplish . To Take Advantage Of . To Go With (Of Foods) . With Regard To . Concerning
京
Pinyin:jing1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For Beijing . Surname Jing . Jing Ethnic Minority
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
尤
Pinyin:you2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname You

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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