剧

jù

theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc)

dramatic (change, increase etc); acute; severe

dwelling (居) + knife (刂) = sharp, dramatic

刂 (knife) lends the sense of something sharp and cutting — fitting for both dramatic tension and acute intensity. 居 contributes the sound jù rather than a story about dwelling.

居+刂→剧
刂Knife (variant of 刀)Semantic
居To dwellPhonetic

我最近在看一部很好看的剧。

wǒ zuì jìn zài kàn yī bù hěn hǎo kàn de jù。

I have been watching a very good TV series recently.

这几天天气变化剧烈,大家要注意身体。

zhè jǐ tiān tiān qì biàn huà jù liè,dà jiā yào zhù yì shēn tǐ。

The weather has been changing drastically these past few days; everyone should take care of their health.

Words with 剧

戏剧

xì jù

a drama; a play; theater

中央戏剧学院

zhōng yāng xì jù xué yuàn

Central Academy of Drama

歌剧院

gē jù yuàn

opera house

加剧

jiā jù

to intensify

博客话剧

bó kè huà jù

blog drama (netspeak)

番剧

fān jù

anime series

IP剧

i p jù

screen adaptation (TV series or movie based on an online novel or video game etc)

连续剧

lián xù jù

serialized drama

丑剧

chǒu jù

absurd drama

锡剧

xī jù

Wuxi opera (which developed in the area around Wuxi 無錫|无锡[Wu2 xi1])

杂剧

zá jù

a Yuan dynasty form of musical comedy

杂剧四大家

zá jù sì dà jiā

Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿|关汉卿[Guan1 Han4 qing1], Zheng Guangzu 鄭光祖|郑光祖[Zheng4 Guang1 zu3], Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠|马致远[Ma3 Zhi4 yuan3] and Bai Pu 白樸|白朴[Bai2 Pu3]

More characters with 居

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