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祛
qū
1. sacrifice to drive away calamity
2. to dispel
3. to drive away
4. to remove
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

祛
qū
to expel, to disperse; to exorcise
9 丶

Compound Words (10)

祛寒
qūhán
to dispel cold (TCM)
祛淤
qūyū
variant of [[祛瘀<qūyū>]]
祛疑
qūyí
to dispel doubts
祛痰
qūtán
to dispel phlegm (TCM)
祛瘀
qūyū
to dispel blood stasis (TCM)
祛邪
qūxié
to exorcise
祛除
qūchú
to dispel
祛风
qūfēng
to relieve (cold, rheumatic pain etc)
祛痰药
qūtányào
medicine to dispel phlegm (TCM)
祛邪除灾
qūxiéchúzāi
to drive away demons to prevent calamity (idiom)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
4,175
Word Frequency Rank
2,729 of 84,292