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居 = 尸 + 古

居 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “live”. It is built from 尸 (corpse) and 古 (old). It appears as a component in 17 other characters in this index.

Keyword
live
Pinyin (Mandarin)
jū
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
live, dwell, reside, sit, жить, сидеть, dwell, reside, sit
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
居 reside

Decomposition

ids

  1. 尸 corpse
  2. 古 old

Characters that contain 居

How to find 居 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “corpse” + “old”. 居 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 居 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.