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Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

就 (radical 43 尢+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜火戈大山 (YFIKU), four-corner 0391₄, composition ⿰京尤)

References

• KangXi: page 299, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7599
• Dae Jaweon: page 594, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 555, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5C31

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 就
Small seal script

Pronunciation

Definitions

就

1. to approach; to move towards
2. to undertake; to engage in
   • 就業 / 就业  ―  jiùyè  ―  to get a job; employment
3. to succeed; to complete
4. to comply; to follow; to accept
5. to suffer; to be subjected to
6. (of food) to go with
7. with regard to; concerning
8. even if; even though
9. at once; right away

   我馬上就來。 / 我马上就来。  ―  Wǒ mǎshàng jiù lái.  ―  I'll come right away.

10. (used for emphasis) exactly; precisely; just

    這就對了！ / 这就对了！  ―  Zhè jiù duì le!  ―  That's right!

    • 他就住在街對面。 / 他就住在街对面。  ―  Tā jiù zhù zài jiē duìmiàn.  ―  He lives just across the street.
11. only; merely; just
    • 我就認識一個中國人。 [MSC, trad.]
      我就认识一个中国人。 [MSC, simp.]

      Wǒ jiù rènshí yī ge zhōngguó rén. [Pinyin]

      I only know one Chinese person.

    • 房間裡就一張床，一張桌子。 [MSC, trad.]
      房间里就一张床，一张桌子。 [MSC, simp.]

      Fángjiān lǐ jiù yī zhāng chuáng, yī zhāng zhuōzǐ. [Pinyin]

      There's only one bed and one table in the room.

12. then
    • 我做完就會告訴你。 [MSC, trad.]
      我做完就会告诉你。 [MSC, simp.]

      Wǒ zuòwán jiù huì gàosù nǐ. [Pinyin]

      I will tell you when I have finished.

    • 沒有共產黨就沒有新中國。 [MSC, trad.]
      没有共产党就没有新中国。 [MSC, simp.]

      Méiyǒu gòngchǎndǎng jiù méiyǒu xīn zhōngguó. [Pinyin]

      [If] there was no Community Party, [then] there would be no new China

13. (used to express earliness) as early as; as soon as
    • 我一大早就起床。  ―  Wǒ yīdàzǎo jiù qǐchuáng.  ―  I'm up with the sun.
14. as many as; as much as
15. Used between two identical word to express indifference or resignation.
    • 去就去，反正在家也沒事。 [MSC, trad.]
      去就去，反正在家也没事。 [MSC, simp.]

      Qù jiù qù, fǎnzhèng zài jiā yě méi shì. [Pinyin]

      If you want to go, then go. Besides, there's nothing happening at home.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: じゅ (ju)
• Kan’on: しゅう (shū)
• Kun: つく (tsuku)

Compounds

• 就塒 (しゅうじ) ‎(shūji, “roosting”)

Korean

Hanja

就 • ‎(chwi) (hangeul 취, revised chwi, McCune-Reischauer ch'wi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

就 (tựu)

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