瞿

qú

䀠 + 隹

Definitions

qú surname Qu

qú startled; Taiwan pr. [jù]

Etymology

A bird 隹 with two wide eyes 目

About

The character 瞿 (qú) is structurally composed to depict a startled gaze. Its upper component, 䀠 (jù), consists of two 目 (mù) radicals side by side, representing wide or darting eyes. The lower component, the bird radical 隹 (zhuī), provides the semantic context of a bird's skittish alertness. Together, they originally conveyed the alarmed, vigilant look of a frightened bird scanning for danger. Although this descriptive sense appears in classical texts, the character is now used almost exclusively as a surname.

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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

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Example Sentences Hide

我的朋友姓瞿。

Wǒ de péngyou xìng Qú.

My friend's surname is Qu.

瞿先生今天没来。

Qú xiānsheng jīntiān méi lái.

Mr. Qu did not come today.

瞿塘峡的风景很美。

Qútáng Xiá de fēngjǐng hěn měi.

The scenery of Qutang Gorge is very beautiful.

瞿秋白是位革命家。

Qú Qiūbái shì wèi gémìngjiā.

Qu Qiubai was a revolutionary.

瞿氏家族有很多名人。

Qú shì jiāzú yǒu hěnduō míngrén.

The Qu family has many famous people.

这本书介绍了瞿姓的历史。

Zhè běn shū jièshào le Qú xìng de lìshǐ.

This book introduces the history of the Qu surname.

在瞿塘峡附近有一座古庙。

Zài Qútáng Xiá fùjìn yǒu yī zuò gǔ miào.

There is an ancient temple near Qutang Gorge.

瞿昙在佛教中很有名。

Jútán zài Fójiào zhōng hěn yǒumíng.

Gautama is very famous in Buddhism.

Related Characters

Composed characters:

Component: 䀠

瞿