就

就 (Kangxi radical 43, 尢+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜火戈大山 (YFIKU), four-corner 0391₄, composition ⿰京尤)

• 僦 憱 噈 㩆 殧 蹴 𤎼 蹵 鷲(鹫) 㠇

• KangXi: page 299, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7599
• Dae Jaweon: page 594, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 555, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5C31

Historical forms of the character 就
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Bronze inscriptions b08325 b08326 b08327 b08328 b08329 b08330 b08331 Small seal script s03836
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 京 + 尤. Shuowen defines it as meaning "high" (“高也”), hence 京.

Cognate with 造 (OC *skʰuːɡs, “to proceed to”) (Wang, 1982).

就

1. to approach; to move towards
2. to reach; to arrive at
3. to undertake; to engage in

   就業／就业  ―  jiùyè  ―  to get a job; employment

4. to succeed; to complete
5. to comply; to follow; to accept
6. to suffer; to be subjected to
7. (of food) to go with
8. with regard to; concerning
9. even if; even though
10. at once; right away

    我馬上就來。／我马上就来。  ―  Wǒ mǎshàng jiù lái.  ―  I'll come right away.

11. (Cantonese) almost; soon
12. (used for emphasis) exactly; precisely; just

    這就對了！／这就对了！  ―  Zhè jiù duì le!  ―  That's just it!

    他就住在街對面。／他就住在街对面。  ―  Tā jiù zhù zài jiē duìmiàn.  ―  He lives just across the street.

13. only; merely; just

    我就認識一個中國人。 [MSC, trad.]
    我就认识一个中国人。 [MSC, simp.]

    Wǒ jiù rènshí yī ge zhōngguó rén. [Pinyin]

    I only know one Chinese person.

    房間裡就一張床，一張桌子。 [MSC, trad.]
    房间里就一张床，一张桌子。 [MSC, simp.]

    Fángjiān lǐ jiù yī zhāng chuáng, yī zhāng zhuōzǐ. [Pinyin]

    There's only one bed and one table in the room.

    我工資就五千塊，他買件衣服就一萬塊。人和人的差距真是太大了。 [MSC, trad.]
    我工资就五千块，他买件衣服就一万块。人和人的差距真是太大了。 [MSC, simp.]

    Wǒ gōngzī jiù wǔ qiān kuài, tā mǎi jiàn yīfú jiù yī wàn kuài. Rén hé rén de chājù zhēn shì tài dà le. [Pinyin]

    My salary is only five thousand yuan, and he buys clothes that are as much as ten thousand yuan. The disparity between people truly is too large.

    Synonym: 只 (zhǐ)

14. then

    我做完就會告訴你。 [MSC, trad.]
    我做完就会告诉你。 [MSC, simp.]

    Wǒ zuòwán jiù huì gàosù nǐ. [Pinyin]

    I will tell you when I have finished.

    沒有共產黨就沒有新中國。 [MSC, trad.]
    没有共产党就没有新中国。 [MSC, simp.]

    Méiyǒu gòngchǎndǎng jiù méiyǒu xīn zhōngguó. [Pinyin]

    [If] there was no Communist Party, [then] there would be no new China

15. (used to express earliness) as early as; as soon as

    我一大早就起床。  ―  Wǒ yīdàzǎo jiù qǐchuáng.  ―  I'm up with the sun.

16. as many as; as much as
17. Used between two identical words to express indifference or resignation.

    去就去，反正在家也沒事。 [MSC, trad.]
    去就去，反正在家也没事。 [MSC, simp.]

    Qù jiù qù, fǎnzhèng zài jiā yě méi shì. [Pinyin]

    If you want to go, then go. Besides, there's nothing happening at home.

18. Alternative form of 鷲／鹫 (jiù).

• (to approach):

• (to reach):

• (to undertake): 從事／从事 (cóngshì)
• (to comply):

• (to go with): 搭配 (dāpèi)
• (with regard to):

• (even if):

• (to complete):

• 只是 (zhǐshì)
• 單單／单单 (dāndān)

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. concerning
2. take position

• Go-on: じゅ (ju, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū, Jōyō)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
• Kun: つく (tsuku, 就く, Jōyō); つける (tsukeru, 就ける, Jōyō)

• 就(しゅう)塒(じ) (shūji, “roosting”)

就 • (chwi) (hangeul 취)

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就: Hán Nôm readings: tựu

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