巨
Meanings
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- 1.very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic
- 2.(coll.) very; extremely
- 1.variant of 巨[jù]
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Wiktionary
- 1.huge; gigantic; enormous
- 2.a surname
- 3.macro-; macro
- 4.million; one million; mega-; mega
- 5.super; very
- 6.typhoon; hurricane
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Etymology
Jiajie (假借) of 矩 (OC *kʷaʔ, “carpenter's square”), borrowed for 巨 (OC *ɡaʔ, “enormous”). By the small seal script, the character was simplified and the man holding the carpenter's square was removed; however, the hand holding it appears to remain as the コ shape inside the 工. Shuowen interprets it as a pictogram, however Chen (2021) points out that 矩 is the original shape. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *wa (“large, wide, distant”). Insides Sinitic, 巨 (OC *gwaʔ ?) is possibly related to 迂 (OC *wa, “to enlarge, increase”) and perhaps 況 (OC *hwaŋh, “to increase, increasingly, how much more, moreover”); outsides Sinitic, cognate with Mizo vak (“with force, very hard, much, exceedingly, in large number / quantities, (open mouth) wide”).
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Components
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Example sentences
它發出巨響爆炸了。
It exploded with a loud noise.
有關癌症成因的研究耗費頗巨。
Research on the causes of cancer is very expensive.
有關癌症成因的研究耗費頗巨。
Investigating the causes of cancer is very expensive.
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