Radical
Strokes
7
Residual strokes
2
Mandarin
jiū
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
2 strokes
Strokes
7 strokes
Mandarin
jiū

Definitions by reading

giu3
Mandarin equivalent jiū
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng giu3 Chaoyang giu3 Chenghai giu3 Jieyang giu3 Raoping giu3 Shantou giu3
①终极,到底:终~。九洲生气恃风雷,万马齐瘖~可哀(恃:仗着。瘖:哑,无声)。
②追查,探求:追~。深~。研~。
③[究竟] a.结果,原委:问个~竟。b.到底:他~竟是干啥的?
①仔细推求:研究
②追查:查究
③追查法办:究办
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English meaning

examine, investigate

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
見母 三等 口 尤韵 去声 居祐切
Reconstruction:
Original

窮也,深也,謀也,盡也。