巨 means “giant, huge”

きょ · kyo

Also: gigantic, big, large, great

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キョ

JLPT N2 · Taught in secondary school · 5 strokes

The story

巨 began as a drawing of a carpenter's square, the tool for laying out big builds. Today it means giant: 巨大 is huge, 進撃の巨人 is Attack on Titan, and fans call the Yomiuri Giants simply 巨人.

Used in 巨大 (kyodai, huge), 巨人 (kyojin, giant), and 巨額 (kyogaku, enormous sum)

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• 荒 rough
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• 柔 soft
• 軟 soft
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• 鈍 dull
• 清 pure
• 固 harden
• 豊 abundant

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.