巨 – gigantic, big, large

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The kanji 巨 means gigantic, big, large, great. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キョ (kyo). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 工 (no. 48).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キョ	kyo

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 工 (Kangxi radical 48). Components: 匚.

Words using 巨

巨大きょだいhuge

Example sentences

巨大なタンカーがついに今し方出港した。

The huge tanker has just left the dock.

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Kanji with the same radical

工差左巧

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