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衢

qú

Character

What 衢 means

1. thoroughfare

Example sentences

• 然后又把各书名揭示通衢，永远禁止贩卖。
  Then they displayed all the book titles publicly and banned their sale forever.

Words starting with 衢

• 衢州市Qú zhōu ShìQuzhou, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province 浙江省
• 衢江区Qú jiāng QūQujiang, a district of Quzhou City 衢州市
• 衢州Qú zhōusee 衢州市
• 衢江Qú jiāngsee 衢江区

Words containing 衢

• 康衢kāng qúthrough street; thoroughfare
• 柳陌花衢liǔ mò huā qúbrothel

Characters built on 彳

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

• 律lǜlaw
• 徒tú(bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer…
• 御yù(bound form) imperial; royal; (literary) to drive (a carriage); (literary) to manage…
• 徐xúslowly; gently
• 徂cúto go; to reach

Characters that look like 衢

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

• 麟línvariant of 麟
• 攥zuàn(colloquial) to hold; to grip; to grasp
• 鼹yǎnmole
• 颧quán(bound form) cheekbone
• 鬟huána knot of hair on top of head

Sounds the same

Read qú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 渠(artificial) stream; canal; drain; ditch; (literary) big; great; (dialect) he; she; him…
• 瞿startled; Taiwan pr. jù
• 佢(Cantonese) he, she, it
• 胊yoke
• 鼩used in 鼩鼱
• 磲used in 砗磲
• 劬labor
• 璩(jade ring)
• 蠼used in 蠼螋
• 癯thin; emaciated; worn
• 鸲(bound form, used in the names of various kinds of bird, esp. robins and redstarts)
• 蕖lotus