钜
jù

steel

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

巨
巨 Sound component
jù large

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鉅 steel Traditional

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

巨
巨 Sound component
jù large

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaʔ
Unicodeghiǔ

說文解字

大剛也。从金巨聲。

Sources

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