剧 jù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 居 to live, to reside 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
剧变
jùbiàn
drastic change; upheaval
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- 人口结构的剧变正在重塑教育和养老体系。 Rénkǒu jiégòu de jùbiàn zhèngzài chóngsù jiàoyù hé yǎnglǎo tǐxì. Drastic changes in population structure are reshaping education and elder-care systems.
- 这几年小城发生了剧变，高楼越来越多。 Zhè jǐ nián xiǎochéng fāshēng le jùbiàn, gāolóu yuè lái yuè duō. In recent years the small town has changed dramatically, with more and more tall buildings.
- 天气突然剧变，刚才还是晴天，现在下起了大雨。 Tiānqì tūrán jùbiàn, gāngcái háishi qíngtiān, xiànzài xià qǐ le dàyǔ. The weather changed abruptly; it was sunny just now, and now it is pouring.