Chinese Character 咎 Meanings and components.

Form

咎

Meaning

咎 meaning[3] in English

Fault.

To Blame.

To Punish.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 咎 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to reside (处) , and mouth (口)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with HYR

How to write 咎

To write咎jiu4fault you should write a combination of 处chu4to reside , 口kou3mouth arranged in a 吕 shape:

处 + 口 = 咎

咎 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 咎 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 咎, looks as follow:

咎
Pinyin:jiu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Fault . To Blame . To Punish . Calamity . Misfortune
处
Pinyin:chu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Reside . To Live . To Dwell . To Be In . To Be Situated At . To Stay . To Get Along With . To Be In A Position Of . To Deal With . To Discipline . To Punish
夂
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: 'Walk Slowly' Component In Chinese Characters . See Also 冬字頭|冬字头[Dong1 Zi4 Tou2]
卜
Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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