咎
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fault; to blame; to punish; calamity; misfortune
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 口 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 咎
- Common rank
- #3,025
- Unicode
- U+548E
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Formation & memory
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Words with 咎
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咎有应得 | (idiom) to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc) | |
| 自取其咎 | see 咎由自取[jiu4 you2 zi4 qu3] | |
| 咎由自取 | (idiom) to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions | |
| 难辞其咎 | cannot escape censure (idiom); has to bear the blame | |
| 引咎辞职 | to admit responsibility and resign | |
| 不咎既往 | not censure sb for his past misdeeds; overlook sb's past mistakes; let bygones be bygones | |
| 既往不咎 | to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones; There is no poin… | |
| 任咎 | to take the blame | |
| 归咎 | to put the blame on; to accuse | |
| 引咎 | to take the blame; to accept responsibility (for a mistake) | |
| 动辄得咎 | faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right |