How to Say
How to Write
jiū
Meaning: to gather
💡 Think of autumn (秋) hands (扌) gathering crops.
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📚 Character Story & Explanation

揫 (jiū) meaning in English —

揫 (jiū) means 'to gather' or 'to collect', often used in classical Chinese literature. It combines the hand radical 扌 with 秋 (autumn), evoking the image of gathering harvests. The character is rare in modern usage but appears in idioms like 揫敛 (to gather and restrain).

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