讵
jù

interjection used to express surprise

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

巨
巨 Sound component
jù large

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

詎 interjection used to express surprise Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaʔ
ɡas
Unicodeghiǔ

說文解字

詎犹豈也。从言巨聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)