矩
jǔ HSK7

carpenter's square

矩 jǔ
carpenter's square noun
a physical tool used for marking and measuring right angles

匠人用矩来校准直角。

jiàng​rén yòng jǔ lái jiào​zhǔn zhí​jiǎo.

The craftsman used a square to calibrate the right angles.

carve noun
to engrave or cut into a specific shape

工匠把木料矩成合适的尺寸，准备开始制作桌子。

gōng​jiàng bǎ mù​liào jǔ chéng hé​shì de chǐ​cun, zhǔn​bèi kāi​shǐ zhì​zuò zhuō​zi.

The craftsman cut the wood to the proper dimensions in preparation for making the table.

rule noun
an established standard, regulation, or pattern of behavior

老师要求我们在课堂上的言行举止要有规有矩。

lǎo​shī yāo​qiú wǒ​men zài kè​táng shàng de yán​xíng jǔ​zhǐ yào yǒu​guī​yǒu​jǔ.

The teacher requires our conduct and speech in class to be proper and disciplined.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,160th most common 29.8 per million
Movie subtitles
1,584th most common 37.5 per million appears in 18% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.79 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
3.66 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+77E9

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