Back to Dictionary
矩
jǔ
1. carpenter's square
2. rule
3. regulation
4. pattern
5. to carve
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

矩
jǔ
carpenter's square, ruler, rule
HSK 5 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

力矩
lìjǔ
torque
扭矩
niǔjǔ
torque
矩尺
jǔchǐ
set square (tool to measure right angles)
矩形
jǔxíng
rectangle
矩阵
jǔzhèn
array
磁矩
cíjǔ
magnetic moment
规矩
guīju
lit. compass and set square
HSK 5
转矩
zhuànjǔ
torque
中心矩
zhōngxīnjǔ
(statistics) central moment
伴矩阵
bànjǔzhèn
adjoint matrix (math.)
偏心矩
piānxīnjǔ
axis of eccentricity
原点矩
yuándiǎnjǔ
(statistics) moment
守规矩
shǒuguīju
to behave oneself
矩尺座
Jǔchǐzuò
Norma (constellation)
诺矩罗
Nuòjǔluó
Nuojuluo, monk at start of Tang dynasty, possibly originally immigrant, lived in Qingshen county [[青神<Qīngshén>]], Sichuan
转矩臂
zhuànjǔbì
torque arm
韩复矩
HánFùjǔ
Han Fuju (1890-1938), Nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) army general and governor of Shandong, executed by Chiang Kai-shek [[蔣介石|蒋介石<JiǎngJièshí>]] after he abandoned Ji'nan to the Japanese
中规中矩
zhòngguīzhòngjǔ
conforming with the norms of society
循规蹈矩
xúnguīdǎojǔ
to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly
规矩准绳
guījuzhǔnshéng
compasses, set square, spirit level and plumbline (idiom); fig. established standard

Alternate Entries

矩
jǔ
variant of [[矩<jǔ>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,159
Word Frequency Rank
1,889 of 84,292