居 — sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
- Pinyin
- jī · jū · Jū
- Strokes
- 8
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Handwriting
- recognition only
This character has more than one reading — jī, jū, Jū — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.
How to write 居: 8 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.
Words with 居 in the HSK syllabus: 11
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 邻居línjūneighborHSK 3
- 居民jūmínresident; inhabitantHSK 5
- 居然jūránunexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as toHSK 5
- 居住jūzhùto reside; to dwell; to live in a place; resident inHSK 5
- 家居jiājūhome; residence; to stay at homeHSK 6
- 定居dìngjūto settle; to take up residenceHSK 7–9
- 居安思危jū’ān-sīwēito think of danger in times of safetyHSK 7–9
- 居高不下jūgāo bú xiàto remain highHSK 7–9
- 居于jūyúto occupyHSK 7–9
- 民居mínjūhouses; homesHSK 7–9
- 宜居yíjūlivableHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.