居 (jū)
To reside; to live; surname Ju
How 居 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 尸 — corpse
- Traditional
- 居
- Simplified
- 居 (unchanged)
居 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- jū
- surname Ju
- jī
- (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
Common words using 居
- 居然 jūrán
- unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to
- 同居 tóngjū
- to live together
- 家居 jiājū
- home; residence; to stay at home (unemployed)
- 居住 jūzhù
- to reside; to dwell; to live in a place
- 居室 jūshì
- room; apartment
- 居家 jūjiā
- to live at home
- 居民 jūmín
- resident; inhabitant
- 故居 gùjū
- former residence
- 蝸居 wōjū
- snail's home; fig. humble abode
- 鄰居 línjū
- neighbor; next door; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 人居 rénjū
- human habitat
- 仙居 xiānjū
- Xianju county in Taizhou 台州[Tai2 zhou1], Zhejiang
居 in a sentence
他們一家人居住在台北市。
Tāmen yījiārén jūzhù zài Táiběishì.
“Their whole family resides in Taipei City.”
How common is 居?
居 is the 677th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 82.1% of all running text.
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