句

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sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A phrase 勹 from the mouth 口

Components 勹口

sentence · Heisig RSH #67

bound up + 口 mouth

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
三句话不离本行	sān jù huà bù lí běn háng	to talk shop all the time (idiom)
话不投机半句多	huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō	(idiom) when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion
三言两句	sān yán liǎng jù	in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
一句话	yī jù huà	in a word; in short
有一句没一句	yǒu yī jù méi yī jù	to speak one minute and be quiet the next
特指问句	tè zhǐ wèn jù	(linguistics) wh-question
五言绝句	wǔ yán jué jù	poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and f…
句子	jù zi	sentence; CL:個\|个[ge4]
子句	zǐ jù	clause (grammar)
一句	yī jù	a line of verse; a sentence
换句话说	huàn jù huà shuō	in other words
句容市	Jù róng Shì	Jurong, a county-level city in Zhenjiang City 鎮江市\|镇江市[Zhen4 jiang1 Shi4], Jiangsu
金句	jīn jù	pearl of wisdom; quotable quote
分句	fēn jù	clause (grammar)
句法	jù fǎ	syntax
句数	jù shù	number of sentences; number of lines (in verse etc)
倒装句	dào zhuāng jù	(linguistics) inverted sentence
语句	yǔ jù	sentence
独词句	dú cí jù	one-word sentence
句点	jù diǎn	period (punctuation); (fig.) endpoint; finish

These characters use 句 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
句 sound part	jù	sentence, clause, phrase, paragraph; stanza
狗	gǒu	dog
鸲	qú	mynah; Erithacus species (various)
拘	jū	to detain, to restrain, to seize
苟	gǒu	careless, frivolous, illicit; but, if only
够	gòu	enough, adequate; to reach, to attain; to pass muster
枸	gōu	a kind of aspen found in Sichuan
驹	jū	colt; fleet, swift; surname
朐	qú	warm
昫	xù	warm
鼩	qú	shrew
劬	qú	diligent; to toil, to endeavor
岣	gǒu	a hill in Hunan
笱	gǒu	a basket trap for fish