carpenter's square

A wooden  carpenter's square  also provides the pronunciation

Components
矩 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

  

carpenter's square

木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

Evolution

榘 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

carpenter's square, ruler, rule

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variant of [jǔ]

Most common words with 榘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

规矩

rule

矩阵

array

rule

扭矩

torque

循规蹈矩

to act according to convention