咎 — Chinese character
咎
jiù
fault, defect; error, mistake
- Pinyin
- jiù
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 处 口
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 处
- Japanese
- 咎 as a kanji
Common words with 咎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 归咎 (歸咎) | guī jiù | to put the blame on; to accuse |
| 引咎辞职 (引咎辭職) | yǐn jiù cí zhí | to admit responsibility and resign |
| 咎由自取 | jiù yóu zì qǔ | (idiom) to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions |
| 难辞其咎 (難辭其咎) | nán cí qí jiù | cannot escape censure (idiom); has to bear the blame |
| 既往不咎 | 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. |
| 引咎 | yǐn jiù | to take the blame; to accept responsibility (for a mistake) |
| 动辄得咎 (動輒得咎) | dòng zhé dé jiù | faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right |
| 不咎既往 | bù jiù jì wǎng | not censure sb for his past misdeeds; overlook sb's past mistakes |
| 任咎 | rèn jiù | to take the blame |
| 咎有应得 (咎有應得) | jiù yǒu yīng dé | (idiom) to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc) |
| 自取其咎 | zì qǔ qí jiù | see 咎由自取 (jiù yóu zì qǔ) |
咎 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 2 · Analects 1 · I Ching 100 · Zhuangzi 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 9
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 46
- Analects 3.21
- Hexagram 1
- Hexagram 2
- Hexagram 5
- Hexagram 7
- Hexagram 8
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