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Kanji Detail for 咎 - "fault, blame"

咎

  • Meaning

    咎 means "fault, blame."

    1. Fault - A sin; a blame; a mistake.

    2. 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    koh(コウ) コウ

    kyuu(キュウ) キュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    toga(とが) とが

    toga.meru(とが-める) とが-める

  • Strokes

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    8 strokes

  • Radical

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    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords

    fault sin blame mistake rebuke censure

Sentences including 咎

  • Let bygones be bygones.

  • Don't blame the guide.

  • The teacher blamed her for the mistake.

  • The officer charged me with driving 80 kilometers an hour.

  • I had a slight scruple about doing that kind of thing.

  • If you think you can get away with cheating on the exam, you've got another thing coming.

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