jiū

to strangle

Evolution

摎 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

 

jiū

to strangle; to inquire into

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*k-riw (dialect: *k-r- > *kr-)

kjiw

jiū

tie around, strangle

*[r]iw

ljuw

liú

tie around, strangle


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+644E

Shuowen

“摎,縛殺也。从手,翏聲。”


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