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Kanji Detail for 咎 - "fault, blame"
咎
- Meaning
咎 means "fault, blame."
Fault - A sin; a blame; a mistake.
Blame - To rebuke; to censure.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
blame; censure; reprimand
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
fault, defect; error, mistake
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
fault; to blame; to punish; calamity; misfortune
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
fault, defect; error, mistake
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Opposite of 休 (good fortune). Good and bad fortune is also called 休咎. | Fault. Such as 咎無可辭, meaning the person truly has faults. | Interchangeable with 皐. 皐陶 was anciently written as 咎繇. A minister of Shun.
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