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distance

HSK 7 N1
キョ
へだ.たる、けづめ
Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 巨 represents the sound.
Components
lower leg+ gigantic =
distance
Meaning component
lower leg
foot
Phonetic component
gigantic
large, great, enormous
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Bronze Warring States (475-221 BC)
Bronze
Warring States (475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[jù]
at a distance of; distance; to be apart
Japanese
きょ 同音
noun botany tubular nectary; spur
蹴爪 けづめ 同音

noun

  1. spur (of a chicken, pheasant, etc.); cockspur; calcar
  2. fetlock
Example Sentences