Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 九 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
究
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
究
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
究
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
究
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
究
Regular
Modern
Chinese
究 [jiū]
after all; to investigate; to study carefully; Taiwan pr. [jiù]
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
究 きゅう
Kyū male given name
究 きわむ
Kiwamu surnamegiven name
究 はかる
Hakaru given name
CHINESE WORDS (73)
研究 [yánjiū] #941
research
究竟 [jiūjìng] #1,282
to go to the bottom of a matter
研究所 [yánjiūsuǒ] #11,329
research institute
研究生 [yánjiūshēng] #9,714
graduate student
追究 [zhuījiū] #10,431
to investigate
终究 [zhōngjiū] #7,734
in the end
终究 [zhōngjiū] #7,734
in the end
讲究 [jiǎngjiu] #13,174
to pay particular attention to
讲究 [jiǎngjiu] #13,174
to pay particular attention to
研究员 [yánjiūyuán] #17,394
researcher
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 研究 [けんきゅう] #1,600
research
⭐ 研究所 [けんきゅうじょ] #6,166
research institute
⭐ 究極 [きゅうきょく] #6,314
ultimate
⭐ 研究者 [けんきゅうしゃ] #7,277
researcher
⭐ 研究室 [けんきゅうしつ] #8,613
laboratory
⭐ 研究員 [けんきゅういん] #16,863
researcher
研究会 [けんきゅうかい] #18,238
research society
研究成果 [けんきゅうせいか] #26,339
research results
⭐ 究明 [きゅうめい] #27,521
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
研究機関 [けんきゅうきかん] #27,533
research institution
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