据
jùjū HSK3

to occupy, according to

据 (據) jù frequency
according to preposition
based on or in accordance with something

据我所知，他还没回来。

jù wǒ suǒ zhī, tā hái méi huí​lai.

As far as I know, he hasn't returned yet.

seize preposition
to take possession of or occupy territory or property

相传他曾在这座山上据山为王。

xiāng​chuán tā céng zài zhè zuò shān shàng jù shān wéi wáng.

Legend has it that he once ruled as a local lord on this mountain.

据 jū
short of money adjective
used in 拮据 jié​jū, meaning short of money

由于失业，他近来的生活十分拮据。

yóu​yú shī​yè, tā jìn​lái de shēng​huó shí​fēn jié jū.

Due to unemployment, his life has been very financially tight lately.

Frequency
Character
Written text
313th most common 713.1 per million
Movie subtitles
529th most common 271.8 per million appears in 63% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
42.3 per million appears in 18% of films
Written text
570.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Traditional
據
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+636E

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)