qiú

collect

Components
辶 meaning component

  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

walk

求 sound component

  Sound component

qiú

  

seek

Evolution

逑 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
逑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
逑 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
逑 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

qiú

collect, unite; match, pair; collect; to match

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*g(r)u

gjuw

qiú

come together; mate (n.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5854th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+9011

Shuowen

“逑,斂聚也。从辵,求聲。《虞書》曰:‘逑孱功。’又曰:‘怨匹曰逑。’”


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