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仇
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animosity

HSK 7
Human →Emotions
chóu
キュウ、グ
あだ、あた、かたき、つれあい
구
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 九 represents the sound.
Components
亻 person (side)+ 九 nine =
仇 animosity
亻 Meaning component
rén person (side)
亻 is a component form of 人.
九 Phonetic component
jiǔ nine
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Notes
Similar Characters
亿 hundred million (simp)什 what?仁 benevolence仃 solitary仅 solely (simp)仆 to fall forward (simp)仍 still仔 meticulous仕 official他 he仗 battle仙 immortal仟 one thousand代 generation仫 tribe (alt)们 plural (simp)仰 look up to仲 mid-仳 part仵 similar
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
仇
Regular
Modern
Chinese
仇 [Qiú]
surname Qiu
仇 [chóu]
hatred; animosity; enmity; foe; enemy; to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc)
仇 [qiú]
spouse; companion
Japanese
仇 、 寇 、 讐 、 賊 あだ 、 あた (old) 、 あたん (old) 同音

noun

  1. foe; enemy; rival
  2. resentment; enmity; grudge
  3. harm; injury
敵 、 仇 かたき 同音
  1. n-sufnoun rival; opponent; adversary; competitor; enemy (esp. one with which there is longstanding enmity); foe (usu. pronounced がたき when used as a suffix)
  2. noun revenge
  3. noun archaic spouse
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
せっかくの苦労もあだになった。
All my pains went for nothing.
Japanese Names
仇 きゆう
Kiyū surname
CHINESE WORDS (60)
复仇 [fù​chóu] #3,029
to avenge
复仇 [fù​chóu] #3,029
to avenge
仇恨 [chóu​hèn] #4,951
to hate
报仇 [bào​chóu] #4,357
to take revenge
报仇 [bào​chóu] #4,357
to take revenge
仇人 [chóu​rén] #13,806
foe
仇视 [chóu​shì] #18,504
to view sb as an enemy
仇视 [chóu​shì] #18,504
to view sb as an enemy
记仇 [jì​chóu] #18,834
to hold a grudge
记仇 [jì​chóu] #18,834
to hold a grudge
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JAPANESE WORDS (30)
⭐ あだ名 [あだな] #9,287
nickname
仇 [あだ] #9,378
foe
仇同士 [かたきどうし] #21,731
mutual enemies
仇敵 [きゅうてき] #22,728
bitter enemy
仇を討つ [かたきをうつ] #22,935
to avenge (someone) by striking down their killer
敵 [かたき] #23,305
rival
仇討ち [あだうち] #23,896
vengeance
目の敵にする [めのかたきにする] #24,811
to hate the very sight of
恋敵 [こいがたき] #25,529
one's rival in love
敵討ち [かたきうち] #30,705
vengeance
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