就 jiù
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 尢 — weak, lame
- Made of
- 京 capital city 尤 especially, particularly
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
就
jiù
then, right away; just
Character
Example phrases
- 我七点就起床。 Wǒ qī diǎn jiù qǐchuáng. I get up as early as seven.
- 我现在就去。 Wǒ xiànzài jiù qù. I'll go right now.
- 他吃了饭就走了。 Tā chī le fàn jiù zǒu le. He left as soon as he had eaten.