Memory phrase for the character: 就

就

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Meaning right away, at once, just (emphasis), already

Pronunciation

jiù

Explanation

Left: capital 京 (image of a stone lantern), right: outstanding 尤 (Despite the broken leg 尢 [=乚] the emphasis 丶 makes the big 大 person: outstanding.)

Mnemonic
 
The old stone lantern was outstanding, as he saw right away.

Radicals

京 capital
尤 outstanding, particularlyespecially
尢 lame, broken legShows a big 大 person with a broken leg 乚. (Do not confuse with 冘, where also both arms are broken.)
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 Vocabulary

就是 jiù shì  (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as
就是说 jiù shì shuō  in other words; that is
成就 chéng jiù  accomplishment; success; attain a result; achievement
就算 jiù suàn  granted that; even if
因陋就简 yīn lòu jiù jiǎn  crude but simple methods (idiom); use whatever methods you can; to do things simply and thriftily; It's not pretty but it works.
束手就擒 shù shǒu jiù qín  hands tied and waiting to be captured
束手就擒 shù shǒu jiù qín  

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