居 (jū): meaning and stroke order
居 (jū) means to reside, to be (in a certain position), to store up, to be at a standstill, residence.
居
- Simplified
- 居
- Traditional
- 居 (same form)
- Pinyin
- jū · jī
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Stroke order of 居
居
- Jū surname Ju
- jī (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
- jū to reside; to be (in a certain position)
- 8 strokes
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Meaning of 居
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jū
- to reside
- to be (in a certain position)
- to store up
- to be at a standstill
- residence
- house
- restaurant
- classifier for bedrooms
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Jū
- surname Ju
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jī
- (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
Radical and structure
- 居
- Radical 尸 (Kangxi radical 44) · 8 strokes · built from 尸 and 古
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 居
- 定居 dìng jū to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence
- 居然 jū rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise
- 隐居 yǐn jū to live in seclusion
- 邻居 lín jū neighbor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 居民 jū mín resident; inhabitant
居 in our stories
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他想起李白的诗：黄河三尺鲤，本在孟津居；点额不成龙，归来伴凡鱼。连李白这样的人，也把自己比作一条没有跳过龙门的鱼。
tā xiǎngqǐ Lǐ Bái de shī Huáng Hé sān chǐ lǐ běn zài Mèngjīn jū diǎn é bù chéng lóng guīlái bàn fán yú lián Lǐ Bái zhèyàng de rén yě bǎ zìjǐ bǐzuò yì tiáo méiyǒu tiào guò Lóngmén de yú
He recalled lines by Li Bai: "A three-foot carp of the Yellow River once lived at Mengjin; its forehead marked, it did not become a dragon, and came home to swim with common fish." Even a man like Li Bai had compared himself to a carp that failed to leap the gate.
From the story The Dragon Gate and the ordinary fish HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 居
- The Dragon Gate and the ordinary fish HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).