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祛

qū

Character

What 祛 means

1. sacrifice to drive away calamity
2. to dispel
3. to drive away
4. to remove

Words starting with 祛

• 祛寒qū hánto dispel cold (TCM)
• 祛暑qū shǔto beat the summer heat
• 祛疑qū yíto dispel doubts
• 祛痰qū tánto dispel phlegm (TCM)
• 祛瘀qū yūto dispel blood stasis (TCM)
• 祛邪qū xiéto exorcise; to drive away evil spirits
• 祛除qū chúto dispel; to clear
• 祛风qū fēngto relieve (cold, rheumatic pain etc); lit. to dispel pathogenic wind (TCM)
• 祛魅qū mèito become disenchanted
• 祛痰药qū tán yàomedicine to dispel phlegm (TCM)
• 祛淤qū yūvariant of 祛瘀

Characters built on 去

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

• 佉Qūsurname Qu
• 胠qūflank of animal; side; to pry open

Characters that look like 祛

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

• 袖xiùsleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve
• 挫cuòobstructed; to fail; to oppress
• 桂guìcassia; laurel
• 轶yì(bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages)…
• 袄ǎocoat; jacket; short and lined coat or robe
• 袂mèisleeve of a robe

Sounds the same

Read qū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 区area; region; district
• 趋to hasten; to hurry; to walk fast
• 屈bent; to feel wronged
• 驱to expel; to urge on; to drive
• 曲bent; crooked; wrong
• 躯human body
• 岖used in 崎岖
• 蛆maggot
• 蛐used in 蛐蛐; used in 蛐蟮
• 呿to yawn
• 袪sleeve opening
• 黢black; dark