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揪

jiū

Character

What 揪 means

1. to seize
2. to clutch
3. to grab firmly and pull

Words starting with 揪

• 揪住jiū zhùto grab
• 揪心jiū xīnlit. grips the heart; worried; anxious
• 揪出jiū chūto uncover; to ferret out (the culprit)
• 揪揪jiū jiucreased; wrinkled; depressed; worried; upset
• 揪送jiū sòngto seize and send (to court, to face punishment)
• 揪斗jiū dòuto seize and subject to public criticism…
• 揪心扒肝jiū xīn bā gān(idiom) extremely anxious; anguished
• 揪心揪肺jiū xīn jiū fèiheart-wrenching
• 揪辫子jiū biàn zito grab sb by the queue (i.e. hair); to seize on weak points…
• 揪痧jiū shāfolk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood…

Characters built on 秋

These share the phonetic component 秋 (qiū), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 啾jiū(onomatopoeia) wailing of child; chirp; kiss (Tw)
• 鳅qiūloach (family Cobitidae); used in 鲯鳅
• 楸qiūCatalpa; Mallotus japonicus

Characters that look like 揪

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 微wēitiny; miniature; slightly
• 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift
• 跪guìto kneel
• 棘jíthorns
• 袱fú(bound form) a cloth used to wrap or cover
• 赧nǎnblushing with shame

Sounds the same

Read jiū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 究after all; to investigate; to study carefully
• 纠to gather together; to investigate; to entangle
• 啾(onomatopoeia) wailing of child; chirp; kiss (Tw)
• 鸠turtledove; (literary) to gather
• 阄lots (to be drawn); lot (in a game of chance)
• 揫to gather; to collect
• 摎to strangle; to inquire into
• 鬏bun (of hair)
• 樛to hang down
• 赳see 赳赳
• 丩old variant of 纠