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據

jù

to occupy, according to

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 豦 represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

豦 sound component

豦  Sound component

jù, qú

  

a wild boar

Evolution

據 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
據 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
據 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
據 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
據 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

据 (據) 

jù

to occupy, take possession of; a base; according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize; to occupy

Most common words with 據
Freq.
Word
Meaning

据

according to

根据

according to

证据

evidence

数据

data

据说

reportedly

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*k(r)a(k)-s

kjoH

jù

grasp; depend on


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 62.5501% of movies

529th most common character in movies

313th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Simplified

据

Unicode

U+64DA

Shuowen

“據，杖持也。从手，豦聲。”


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