fault / to blame / to punish / calamity / misfortune

咎 character breakdown

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to be situated at / to stay / to get along with / to be in a position of / to deal with / to discipline / to punish
place / location / spot / point / office / department / bureau / respect / classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a spotlight

= + : Chantal Chicken has found the perfect spot for her performance. In the space station's bathroom she puts on her high heels, sets up the voodoo staff, turns on the spotlight and practices her voodoo pole dance in this protected location.

Characters with 咎 as component

sundial
to malign / to slander
skein / tuft / lock
large drum

Words with 咎

to put the blame on / to accuse
to have only oneself to blame (idiom) / to bring trouble through one's own actions
to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones / There is no point in crying over spilt milk.
to admit responsibility and resign
to take the blame / to accept responsibility (for a mistake)
see 咎由自取[jiu4 you2 zi4 qu3]
not censure sb for his past misdeeds / overlook sb's past mistakes / let bygones be bygones
to take the blame
faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right
(idiom) (literary) to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc)

Sentences with 咎

咎 currently does not appear in any sentence.