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Pictograph of a carpenter's square, a tool for measuring right angles. Based on the original meaning "carpenter's square", now written as . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Evolution

巨 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
巨 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
巨 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
巨 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

large, great, enormous; chief; very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic

Most common words with 巨
Freq.
Word
Meaning

巨大

huge

huge

巨人

giant

巨星

(astronomy) giant star

巨蟹座

Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

Component uses

Sound component in 10 characters (4 verified)