Character: 巨
Modern (Beijing) reading: jù
Preclassic Old Chinese: gaʔ
Classic Old Chinese: gá
Western Han Chinese: gá
Eastern Han Chinese: gá
Early Postclassic Chinese: gó
Middle Postclassic Chinese: gó
Late Postclassic Chinese: gó
Middle Chinese: gö̀
English meaning : great [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) огромный, громадный; 2) бесчисленный; во множестве; 3) как?, каким образом?, см. 詎; 4) см. 矩 1); 5) Цзюй (фамилия)
Comments: The original reading of the character must have been *kʷaʔ 'carpenter's square' = 矩, but the loan for *gaʔ 'great' probably occurred early, because it accounts for several *ga-type syllables in the xiesheng series. For *g- cf. Xiamen ku6, Chaozhou kɨ4, Fuzhou köü6.
Radical: 48
Four-angle index: 822
Karlgren code: 0095 a-b
