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灸

jiǔ

Character

What 灸 means

1. moxibustion (TCM)

Example sentences

• 很多人都相信针灸有治愈疾病的功效。
  Many people believe acupuncture can cure diseases.

Words starting with 灸

• 灸法jiǔ fǎmoxibustion (TCM)

Words containing 灸

• 针灸zhēn jiǔacupuncture and moxibustion; to give or have acupuncture and moxibustion
• 艾灸ài jiǔmoxibustion (TCM)
• 艾条灸ài tiáo jiǔstick moxibustion; poling (TCM)
• 无病自灸wú bìng zì jiǔlit. to prescribe moxibustion for oneself when not ill…
• 艾条温和灸ài tiáo wēn hé jiǔgentle stick moxibustion (TCM)
• 艾条雀啄灸ài tiáo què zhuó jiǔ"sparrow pecking" moxibustion technique (TCM)
• 艾炷灸ài zhù jiǔcone moxibustion (TCM)
• 砭灸术biān jiǔ shùacupuncture and moxibustion (Chinese medicine)
• 砭灸biān jiǔsee 砭灸术

Characters that look like 灸

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

• 条tiáostrip; item; article
• 角jiǎoangle; corner; horn
• 炎yánflame; inflammation; -itis
• 壳ké(colloquial) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc); case; casing…
• 炙zhìto broil; to roast
• 奂huànexcellent

Sounds the same

Read jiǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 九nine; 9
• 酒wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits
• 久(of a period of time) long
• 韭leek
• 糺army (used during the Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties)
• 〩numeral 9 in the Suzhou numeral system 苏州码子
• 㺵black jade (variant of 玖
• 玖black jade; nine (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• 乆old variant of 久
• 乣old variant of 糺