巨
부수: 工
획수: 5획
巨 has the meanings ‘huge’ and ‘chief’.
巨 = 巨
X = phonetic borrowing
• 巨 is suggested to depict a carpenter’s square or compass. The meaning ‘huge’ is from a sound loan.
Scholars debate over interpretations of 巨.
Some say 巨 depicts a carpenter’s square or compass. Such tools are now represented by 矩. Others suggest 巨 depicts the hole in an axe handle where the head is placed in.
Evolution:
巨 = ’carpenter’s square’ ➔ borrowed use ➔ ’huge’ ➔ ’chief’
Mnemonic
Imagine you’re a carpenter tasked with building a new mansion for the city mayor. The biggest 巨 projects start with a compass and set square on paper.
Vocab
| 巨大 | 거대 | huge; colossal; enormous |
| 巨人 | 거인 | giant |
| 巨物 | 거물 | tycoon; magnate; important figure |
| 巨星 | 거성 | big star; leading figure |
| 巨額 | 거액 | fortune; large amount of money |
| 巨金 | 거금 | big money; fortune |
| 巨匠 | 거장 | maestro; great artist |
| 巨軀 | 거구 | large physique |
| 巨視 | 거시 | being macroscopic; being comprehensive |
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Bibliography
— Grant, B.K. (1982). A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja, [s.v. 155]. Seoul: Hollym.
— Henshall, K.G. (1998). A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters, [s.v. 1153]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.
— Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, [s.v. 巨].
— Seely, C., Henshall, K.G., & Fan, J. (2016). The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji: Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Japanese Characters, [s.v. 1209]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.