jiù fault; to blame; to punish

Made up of [ zhǐ walk slowly radical 34, divination; prophesy radical 25, kǒu mouth radical 30]
Made with 9 strokes.
Ancient small seal form Small seal

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Also uses zhǐ component: chù (place) (each) líng (mound) tiáo (strip) (affair) xià (summer)
Also uses component: chù (place) wài (outside) zhān (to observe) zhēn (chaste) zhuō (table)
Also uses kǒu component: (supposition or suggestion) chàng (to sing) chāo (to exceed) chī (to eat) chuán (boat) fēi (coffee) (rich) (good fortune) gào (to tell) (each) gōng (palace) gǒu (dog) (ancient) hāi (sound of sighing) hào (name) (together) (to close) (drink) hēng (prosperous) hòu (behind) huí (to circle) huò (maybe) (lucky) jiào (called) jīng (capital) (sentence) (office) jūn (monarch) (coffee) (can) lìng (other) (?) mìng (life) míng (name) míng (to call (birds)) ne (and you?) (hops) pǐn (article) (as) shàng (still) shì (matter) shǐ (history) suī (although) tái (typhoon) táng (Tang) tīng (to listen) tóng (same) wèn (ask) (to be fond of) xiōng (elder brother) yǎo (to bite) yòu (right) (language) yuán (person) yuē (to speak) zhān (to observe) zhī (one) zhī (to know) zhōu (circuit) (foot)

Sounds same

jiù (at once) jiù (old)

Different tone

jiǔ (nine) jiǔ (wine) jiǔ (long time)

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Proverbs

既往不咎 jì wǎng bù jiù What is done is done. It is pointless to live a life of regret for things that can't be changed.