Chinese Character Wiki

遒

qiú

strong

Components
辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

walk

酋 sound component

酋  Sound component

qiú

  

chief of tribe

Evolution

遒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
遒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
遒 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
遒 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
遒 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

遒  

qiú

strong, unyielding, forceful; strong; vigorous; robust; to draw near; to come to an end

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tsu

tsjuw

qiú

collect, bring together


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5596th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+9052

Shuowen

“逎，迫也。从辵，酉聲。遒，逎或从酋。”


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