就 — Chinese character
就
jiù
just, simply; to go to; to approach, near
- Pinyin
- jiù
- Radical
- 43 ⼪ (Lame)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 京 尤
- Formation
- pictophonetic — specialty; meaning component 尤; sound component 京
- Japanese
- 就 as a kanji
Common words with 就
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 就是 | jiù shì | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just |
| 就业 (就業) | jiù yè | to get a job; employment |
| 就要 | jiù yào | will; shall |
| 就算 | jiù suàn | (coll.) even if |
| 成就 | chéng jiù | accomplishment; success |
| 早就 | zǎo jiù | already at an earlier time |
| 也就是说 (也就是說) | yě jiù shì shuō | in other words; that is to say |
| 就此 | jiù cǐ | at this point; thus |
| 造就 | zào jiù | to bring up; to train |
| 就是说 (就是說) | jiù shì shuō | in other words; that is |
| 就读 (就讀) | jiù dú | to go to school |
| 就任 | jiù rèn | to take office; to assume a post |
English words written with 就
就 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 3 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 19 · Zhuangzi 22
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