"咎" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Strokes 3
Composition
Strokes 8
Structure
Decomp. 夂人口
处? +
Prononciation
Mandarin jiù
Entry Methods
Pinyin jiu4
Kanji /
Cangjie
HYR
竹卜口
Sijiao 2860.4
Wubi THKF
CNS 11643 1-4C55
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+548E
GB2312 BECC
BIG5 A953
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 jiù fault / to blame / to punish / calamity / misfortune
Results beginning with 咎
 jiù yóu zì qǔ to have only oneself to blame (idiom) / to bring trouble through one's own actions
 jiù yǒu yīng dé (idiom) (literary) to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc)
Approximate Results for 咎
 yǐn jiù to take the blame / to accept responsibility (for a mistake)
 guī jiù to put the blame on / to accuse
 rèn jiù to take the blame
 nán cí qí jiù cannot escape censure (idiom) / has to bear the blame
 jì wǎng bù jiù to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom) / to let bygones be bygones / There is no point in crying over spilt milk.
 dòng zhé dé jiù faulted at every turn (idiom) / can't get anything right
 zì qǔ qí jiù see 咎由自取[jiu4 you2 zi4 qu3]
 bù jiù jì wǎng not censure sb for his past misdeeds / overlook sb's past mistakes / let bygones be bygones
 yǐn jiù cí zhí to admit responsibility and resign
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