就

就 U+5C31, 就
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C31
← 尰
[U+5C30] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 尲 →
[U+5C32]

Translingual

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

simp. and trad.
 就

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 就
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu Slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Bronze inscriptions

b08325

b08326

b08327

b08328

b08329

b08330

b08331

Small seal script

s03836
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (就) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
僦 *ʔsuɡs
就 *zuɡs
鷲 *zuɡs
殧 *zuɡs, *ʔsuɡ, *sʰuɡ
噈 *ʔsuɡ
蹴 *ʔsuɡ, *sʰuɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 就
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 疾僦切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /d͡zɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /d͡ziuH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /d͡ziəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /d͡zuwH/
Li
Rong		 /d͡ziuH/
Wang
Li		 /d͡zĭəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /d͡zʱi̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jiù
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 就
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jiù
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ dzjuwH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[dz]u[k]-s/
English go to

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 就
Reading # 1/1
No. 6994
Phonetic
component		 就
Rime
group		 奧
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 就
Old
Chinese		 /*zuɡs/
Notes 秦簡漢帛右皆從又，下加點劃，此表京已築就。決非尤聲

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!
  11. only; merely; just
  12. then
  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.
  16. Alternative form of 鷲／鹫 (jiù).

Compounds

See also

Japanese

Kanji

就

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Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

就 • (chwi) (hangeul 취)

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Vietnamese

Han character

就 (tựu)

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