瞿 - Dong Chinese dictionary

qú

surname

Original meaning:

(of an eagle or hawk) to keep watch or glance around

Depicts an eagle or hawk (隹) using its eyes (䀠) to keep watch or glance around. 䀠 also represents the sound. The meaning later extended to "vigilance" and "fear", although the meaning of "fear" is now typically written as 懼.

Components

䀠 Sound Iconic component

jù

to look from side to side

Depicts two wide-open eyes.

隹 Iconic component

zhuī

bird

Depicts a bird.

Evolution

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

瞿

qú

surname; startled; Taiwan pr. [jù]

瞿

Qú

surname Qu

Most common words with 瞿

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	瞿	surname Qu
	瞿秋白	Qu Qiubai (1899-1935), politician, Soviet expert of the Chinese communists at time of Soviet influence, publisher and Russian translator, captured and executed by Guomindang at the time of the Long March
	瞿塘峡	Qutang Gorge, 8 km long gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze in Chongqing 重慶\|重庆[Chóngqìng], the upper of the Three Gorges 三峽\|三峡[SānXiá]