疚 — Chinese character
疚
jiù
chronic disease; guilt, remorse; sorrow
- Pinyin
- jiù
- Radical
- 104 ⽧ (Sickness)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 疒 久
- Formation
- pictophonetic — sickness; meaning component 疒; sound component 久
- Japanese
- 疚 as a kanji
Common words with 疚
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 内疚 (內疚) | nèi jiù | to feel guilty |
| 愧疚 | kuì jiù | to feel guilty; to feel ashamed of oneself; to be remorseful |
| 歉疚 | qiàn jiù | remorseful; guilt-ridden |
| 负疚 (負疚) | fù jiù | (literary) to feel apologetic; to feel guilty |
| 罪疚 | zuì jiù | guilt |
English words written with 疚
疚 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 2
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