懂中文 Dong Chinese

纠

jiū

gather together

Simplified form of 糾. Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 丩 represents the sound. Originally written as 丩, a pictograph of two ropes entangled together.

Components
纟 meaning component

纟  Meaning component

mì, sī

  

silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

丩 sound,meaning component

丩  Sound Meaning component

jiū

  

join

Evolution

纠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
纠 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
纠 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
纠 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

纠 (糾) 

jiū

investigate, inspect; to gather together; to investigate; to entangle; to correct

纠 (糺) 

jiū

old variant of 糾|纠[jiū]

Most common words with 纠
Freq.
Word
Meaning

纠正

to correct

纠缠

to nag

纠纷

dispute

纠结

to intertwine

纠葛

dispute