Chinese surname · rank 435

居

居 is read as jū.

Pinyin

jū

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 居

Basic meaning

live, dwell, reside, sit

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Xia-dynasty tradition, c. 2070-1600 BCE

Place: Jin Xian lineage context; Bohai and Xindu commandery notes; Nanyue / Minyue Han attestation contexts treated separately.

Origin note

Ju/居 is a surname layer separate from the ordinary character meaning dwell. The main traditional source says descendants of Spring and Autumn Jin figure Xian Qieju used the ancestor-name element Ju as a surname. Because some modern references connect Ju with Han-era Nanyue and Minyue figures such as Juweng and Jugou, the page notes those as attestation or ethnic-context layers rather than rewriting the core origin.

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Sources checked

Wikipedia: Ju surname - Baijiaxing rank, Xian Qieju ancestor-name origin layer, Han Ju figure, and Bohai / Xindu commandery notes
23mofang: Ju surname - Nanyue and Minyue Ju attestations including Juweng and Jugou plus place-name possibility
Jiapu surname reference: Ju - Xian Qieju ancestor-name origin summary
Wikisource: Baijiaxing - received Baijiaxing sequence line containing 暨居衡步都耿滿弘
Han Dian: Ju - basic character meaning and surname listing only

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