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咎
jiù
1. fault
2. to blame
3. to punish
4. calamity
5. misfortune
Common • Top 10% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

咎
jiù
fault, defect; error, mistake
8 丶

Compound Words (9)

任咎
rènjiù
to take the blame
引咎
yǐnjiù
to take the blame
归咎
guījiù
to blame
不咎既往
bùjiùjìwǎng
not censure sb for his past misdeeds
动辄得咎
dòngzhédéjiù
faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right
咎有应得
jiùyǒuyīngdé
to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc) (idiom)
引咎辞职
yǐnjiùcízhí
to admit responsibility and resign
既往不咎
jìwǎngbùjiù
to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones
自取其咎
zìqǔqíjiù
to have only oneself to blame (idiom)

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Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,224
Word Frequency Rank
8,741 of 84,292

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