究
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after all; to investigate; to study carefully; Taiwan pr. [jiu4]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 穴 +2
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 究
- Common rank
- #1,588
- Unicode
- U+7A76
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Formation & memory
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Words with 究
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中美文化研究中心 | the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, located in Nanjing, est. 1986 (formally, the Johns Hopkins Uni… | |
| 日本原子能研究所 | Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute | |
| 经不起推究 | does not bear examination | |
| 欧洲核子研究中心 | European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN, at Geneva | |
| 发展研究中心 | Development Research Center (PRC State Council institution) | |
| 追根究底儿 | erhua variant of 追根究底[zhui1 gen1 jiu1 di3] | |
| 神学研究所 | seminary | |
| 盘根究底 | lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth | |
| 究其根源 | to trace something to its source (idiom) | |
| 研究中心 | research center | |
| 归根究底 | (idiom) in the final analysis | |
| 科学研究 | scientific research | |
| 研究人员 | research worker; research personnel | |
| 追根究底 | to get to the heart of the matter | |
| 研究生院 | graduate school | |
| 学究 | pedant | |
| 研究小组 | research group | |
| 中央研究院 | Academia Sinica, research institution headquartered in Taipei | |
| 探究式 | exploratory | |
| 研究报告 | research report |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 九 — compare how they read.