jiū

gather together

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally written as , a pictograph of two ropes entangled together.

Components
糹 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

is a component form of .

丩 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

jiū

  

join

Evolution

糾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
糾 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
糾 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
糾 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
糾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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jiū

investigate, inspect; to gather together; to investigate; to entangle; to correct

Most common words with 糾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

纠正

to correct

纠缠

to nag

纠纷

dispute

纠结

to intertwine

纠葛

dispute