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CHINESE CHARACTER

chóu

仇

仇

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foe

Numbered pinyin
chou2
English meanings
surname Qiu, hatred, animosity, enmity, foe, enemy, to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc), spouse, companion

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 亻; right 九.

Meaning & sound clues

亻 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “person”.

九 is identified as the sound component (jiǔ). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 仇.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰亻九

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    bàochóu报仇。

    Avenge.

  2. 02

    chóuhèn仇恨。

    Hatred.

  3. 03

    yǒu有chóu仇。

    A grudge.

  4. 04

    chóurén仇人。

    An enemy.

  5. 05

    shēn深chóu仇dà大hèn恨。

    Deep hatred.

  6. 06

    huàjiě化解chóu仇。

    Resolve the grudge.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 仇人
  • 仇恨
  • 报仇