jiū

join

Pictograph of two ropes entangled together, now written as .

Evolution

丩 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
丩 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
丩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
丩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jiū

to join or connect the vine; archaic variant of |[jiū]

Component uses

Meaning component in 4 characters (4 verified)

Sound component in 7 characters (6 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*k-riw (dialect: *k-r- > *kr-)

kjiw

jiū

twist (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

2

Unicode

U+4E29

Shuowen

“丩,相糾繚也。一曰瓜瓠結丩起。象形。”


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