巨
jù
#911 most
frequent character
very large, huge, tremendous
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
巨 is a drawing of a compass, the tool used to mark out circles and squares. So its first meaning was that instrument, a sense now written 矩. The shape was later borrowed for its sound to mean huge.
Drawn as: a compass for drawing
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