咎
jiù

fault

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 处 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
处
处 Sound component
chù, chǔ, chu place

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

绺綹

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

晷

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartgjuwX[ɡ](r)uʔfault, blame (n.)
Zhengzhangkɯːw
ɡɯwʔ
Unicodeghiǒu

說文解字

災也。从人从各。各者，相違也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)