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咎

jiù

fault

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 处 represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

处 sound component

处  Sound component

chù, chǔ

  

place

Evolution

咎 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
咎 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
咎 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
咎 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
咎 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

咎  

jiù

fault, defect; error, mistake; fault; to blame; to punish; calamity; misfortune

Most common words with 咎
Freq.
Word
Meaning

归咎

to accuse

咎

fault

咎由自取

to have only oneself to blame (idiom)

引咎辞职

to admit responsibility and resign

既往不咎

There is no point in crying over spilt milk.

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

綹 绺

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

晷

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[g](r)uʔ

gjuwX

jiù

fault, blame (n.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.5629% of movies

2918th most common character in movies

3225th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+548E

Shuowen

“咎，災也。从人，从各。各者，相違也。”


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