钜

鉅

jù

巨 + 钅

Definitions

jù (literary) hard iron; (literary) hook; barb; used in personal names and place names; variant of 巨[jù]

Etymology phono-semantic

metal

Semantic: 钅 Phonetic: 巨

About

钜 is a phono-semantic compound that combines the metal radical 钅 (simplified from 金) on the left with the phonetic 巨 (jù) on the right, which also means "large" or "massive". The traditional form 鉅 uses the unsimplified radical 金. Originally, the character referred to a kind of hard iron or steel. Later, it came to be used as a formal or archaic variant of 巨 (huge, great) in certain literary compounds and historical texts.