jǔ
carpenter's square
Phonosemantic compound. 矢 represents the meaning and 巨 represents the sound. Originally written as 巨.
Evolution

Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 矩
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
rule | ||
array | ||
rule | ||
torque | ||
to act according to convention |
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Sources