咎 (gau3 | jiu4) : fault, defect; error, mistake

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咎

gau3

jiu4

fault, defect; error, mistake

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

咎

This word has been viewed 5335 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bernard on 23rd Jun 2008 17:35 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:47

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引咎 jan5 gau3 yin3 jiu4 = take the blame; accept responsibility (for a mistake)

咎由自取 gau3 jau4 zi6 ceoi2 jiu4 you2 zi4 qu3 = have only onself to blame

動輒得咎 dung6 zip3 dak1 gau3 dong4 zhe2 de2 jiu4 = be blamed for whatever one does; taken to task frequently

引咎辭職 jan3 gau3 ci4 zik1 yin3 jiu4 ci2 zhi2 = to take the blame upon oneself and resign

歸咎 gwai1 gau3 = to blame

既往不咎 gei3 wong5 bat1 gau3 ji4 wang3 bu2 jiu4 = let someone of the hook for past mistakes

咎有應得 gau3 jau5 jing1 dak1 jiu4 you3 ying1 de2 = to deserve being blamed for sth.

遷咎 cin1 gau3 qian1 jiu4 = to shift the blame to someone else

咎繇 gou1 jiu4 = Kao Yao

Showing all 2 examples containing 咎

佳叔引咎辭職
Uncle Gaai took the blame for the mistake and resigned from work.

佢今日嘅情况係佢咎由自取粵
He has only himself to blame for the plight he is in now.

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Decimal representation of this word: 咎
Unicode code for this character: U+548e (off-site link)

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