祛
qū

expel

祛 qū
dispel expression
to drive away, remove, or eliminate (especially regarding disease, dampness, or cold in traditional medicine)

这种中药具有祛风散寒的功效。

zhè zhǒng zhōng​yào jù​yǒu qū fēng sàn hán de gōng​xiào.

This traditional Chinese medicine has the effect of expelling wind and dispelling cold.

expel calamity expression
to offer a sacrifice to drive away evil spirits or misfortune

这种古老的仪式旨在祛邪避灾。

zhè zhǒng gǔ​lǎo de yí​shì zhǐ zài qū xié bì zāi.

This ancient ritual is intended to ward off evil and avoid disaster.

Frequency
Character
Written text
4,176th most common 2.44 per million
Movie subtitles
3,958th most common 0.640 per million appears in 0% of films
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0.860 per million appears in 0% of films
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11.6 per million

Details
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+795B

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)