How to Write 洰 (jù) — Meaning “Ju (ancient river name)”

Picture a huge (巨) river (氵) flowing through ancient China — that is the Ju River. The left side looks like three drops of water, and the right side resembles a giant block, reminding you it is a "giant waterway."

The stroke order is: left radical 氵 (dot, dot, lift), then 巨 (horizontal, horizontal, vertical, horizontal) — total 7 strokes. Be careful to keep the right side 巨 balanced: the top horizontal is short, the middle horizontal is longer, and the bottom horizontal is slightly shorter than the middle.

洰 has 巨 (huge) on the right, while 㳄 has 次 (next) on the right and 氿 has 九 (nine) on the right. Visually, 洰 looks wider than 氿 due to the left vertical stroke in 巨. Meaning-wise, 洰 is a river name, 㳄 is a rare variant for saliva, and 氿 means spring water or a historical place name.

洰 is extremely rare and mostly appears in historical geography texts as part of ancient place names like 洰水 (Jù Shuǐ) or 洰县 (Jù Xiàn, Ju County). It is not used in daily conversation or modern HSK vocabulary, but people may encounter it when reading about ancient rivers or regions in Chinese history.

Common words containing 洰 include: 洰水 (jù shuǐ) — Ju River; 洰河 (jù hé) — Ju River; 洰县 (jù xiàn) — Ju County.