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咎

jiù

fault, defect; error, mistake

🔤 Pictophonetic: 口 (mouth) provides meaning, 处 provides pronunciation
HSK 8 strokes Uncommon (32%)
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Component Breakdown

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处
chù
to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department
口
kǒu
mouth; entrance, gate, opening
⿱处口 i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

chù
处
to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department
💡 Ideographic: To go somewhere 夂 and put down a flag 卜
5 strokes HSK 4
kǒu
口
mouth; entrance, gate, opening
📷 Pictographic: An open mouth
3 strokes HSK 3

Words Using 咎 (10)

jiù
咎 ↗
fault / to blame / to punish / calamity / misfortune
rènjiù
任咎 ↗
to take the blame
dòngzhédéjiù
动辄得咎 ↗
faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right
jiùyǒuyīngdé
咎有应得 ↗
to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc) (idiom)
yǐnjiù
引咎 ↗
to take the blame / to accept responsibility (for a mistake)
yǐnjiùcízhí
引咎辞职 ↗
to admit responsibility and resign
bùjiùjìwǎng
不咎既往 ↗
not censure sb for his past misdeeds / overlook sb's past mistakes / let bygones be bygones
zìqǔqíjiù
自取其咎 ↗
to have only oneself to blame (idiom) / to bring trouble through one's own actions
jìwǎngbùjiù
既往不咎 ↗
to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones / There is no point in crying over spilt milk.
guījiù
归咎 ↗
to blame / to declare to be at fault