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疽

jū

Character

What 疽 means

1. gangrene

Words containing 疽

• 炭疽tàn jū(medicine) anthrax; (horticulture) anthracnose; canker
• 坏疽huài jūgangrene
• 鼻疽bí jūglanders
• 炭疽热tàn jū rèanthrax
• 炭疽病tàn jū bìng(medicine) anthrax; (horticulture) anthracnose; canker
• 类鼻疽lèi bí jūmelioidosis
• 炭疽杆菌tàn jū gǎn jūnanthrax bacterium (Bacillus anthracis)

Characters built on 且

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

• 组zǔto form; to organize; group
• 助zhùto help; to assist
• 租zūto hire; to rent; to charter
• 阻zǔto hinder; to block; to obstruct
• 祖zǔancestor; forefather; grandparents
• 粗cū(of sth long) wide; thick; (of sth granular) coarse; (of a voice) gruff
• 诅zǔcurse; swear (oath)
• 沮jǔto destroy; to stop

Characters that look like 疽

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

• 症zhèngdisease; illness
• 疯fēnginsane; mad; wild
• 疲píweary
• 寂jìsilent; solitary; Taiwan pr. jí
• 痉jìngspasm
• 疸daused in 疙疸

Sounds the same

Read jū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 居to reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up
• 拘to capture; to restrain; to constrain
• 鞠to incline (one's torso); to bow; leather ball used in ancient times…
• 驹colt
• 车war chariot (archaic); rook (in Chinese chess); rook (in chess)
• 掬to hold in one's hands; classifier for a double handful; Taiwan pr. jú
• 据used in 拮据
• 狙macaque; to spy; to lie in ambush
• 琚ornamental gems for belt
• 苴(hemp); sack cloth
• 裾garment
• 趄used in 趑趄