Ju (pinyin: jū) is a first-class standardized Chinese character (commonly used word). This word first appeared in the bronze inscriptions of the Western Zhou Dynasty. The ancient glyph consists of the "corpse" representing the bent human body and the "ancient" beside the sound, indicating that the legs and feet are bent and the body does not move. The original intention is to squat and sit around. Extension means living; Also refers to residences and houses; Also refers to existence, existence; It also refers to storage and placement.

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In modern Chinese, the word "ju" usually means to live, stay and live, but this meaning was called "Xie" in ancient times. "Song" is a knowing word, which was written in the Warring States Period. The glyph consists of "corpse (figure)" and "several (for leaning or sitting)".

The ancients sat on the floor, that is, they spread mats on the ground and people sat on the mats. With the evolution of civilization, there are several beds on the mat, high ones and low ones, and people sit on the bed and have a rest, as the ancients called it. There is a difference between the sitting posture of ancient people and that of modern people. Ancient people sat on the floor with their knees on the ground and their hips on their heels. Oracle Bone Inscriptions, the existing writing, is a portrait of this sitting posture.

The original meaning of "ju" is squatting, which is a pictophonetic character. The glyph means "corpse" and the sound means "ancient". Juzi is common in the documents of the Western Zhou Dynasty, which shows that Juzi already existed in the Western Zhou Dynasty. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, Jinwen lived in Zhujiajian, and there was an extra sum beside the word. When it is caused by a clerical error, it is credible to interpret it as a word.

Shuo Wen Jie Zi says the word "from death to ancient times", which means that squatting is a custom since ancient times, so it is from ancient times. Yan Kejun criticized: "There is something wrong with this explanation. Just like' from the ancient sound corpse, the ancient prose life is from the stand'.

From the meaning of being alive, it extends the meaning of standing out and being. On the left, it's called "Left", in the first place, it's called "Up", and on the high, it's called "High". Living at home is a normal thing, and living in a house also extends to normal and normal. For example, The Analects of Confucius Advanced: "If you are alive, you will say,' I don't know! , such as or know, why zai? "Squatting always occupies a certain place, and the former residence refers to occupying or being in a certain position or place.