糗

糗 · qiǔ

parched wheat or rice; broken grain

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
qiǔ
Cantonese
jau2
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

parched wheat or rice; broken grain

Dictionary definitions & readings

糗 Qiǔ · surname Qiu

糗 qiǔ · dry rations (for a journey); (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking); (coll.) embarrassing; embarrassment

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53156.170:qiǔ Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0941.140:qiǔ Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
306.210:qiǔ Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
qiǔ粵jau2,cau3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
キュウ ク ショウ いりごめ ほしいい Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
구:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
去久 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
FDHUK Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
9693.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0911.390 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
323.13 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1088d Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7CD7
Radical
米 · 119
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6167

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
糗
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
khjuwX · 去久 · 流開三上尤溪 · #1939

PHONO-ML, source line 12062; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1027.602
kDaeJaweon
1338.300
kFennIndex
87.05
kGSR
1088d
kHanYu
53156.170
kIRGDaeJaweon
1338.300
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53156.170
kIRGKangXi
0911.390
kKangXi
0911.390
kMatthews
1225
kMeyerWempe
180b
kMorohashi
27071
kSBGY
323.13
kSMSZD2003Index
512.11
kCangjie
FDHUK
kFenn
852G
kFourCornerCode
9693.4
kMojiJoho
MJ019905
kPhonetic
91
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
CT
kIRG_GSource
G0-745C
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EAC9
kIRG_JSource
J14-7423
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6603
kIRG_KSource
K1-5A63
kIRG_TSource
T2-5935
kRSUnicode
119.10
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
EAC9
kCCCII
226F75
kCNS1986
2-5935
kCNS1992
2-5935
kEACC
226F75
kGB0
8460
kGB1
8460
kJIS0213
2,84,03
kJis1
5135
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
4744
kTGH
2013:6167
kTaiwanTelegraph
4744
kXerox
305:265
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+14964+119.6.10
kCantonese
jau2
kDefinition
parched wheat or rice; broken grain
kFanqie
去久
kHangul
구:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53156.170:qiǔ
kJapanese
キュウ ク ショウ いりごめ ほしいい
kJapaneseKun
IRIGOME
kJapaneseOn
KYUU KU SHOU
kKorean
KWU
kMandarin
qiǔ
kSMSZD2003Readings
qiǔ粵jau2,cau3
kTGHZ2013
306.210:qiǔ
kTang
kiǒu
kXHC1983
0941.140:qiǔ

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
8dictionary records using 糗0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
米 beside 臭 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰米臭$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰米臭$(GHTJKP)

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