仇 (chóu)

Hatred; enmity; enemy.

How 仇 is written

Strokes
4
Radical
亻 — human
Traditional
仇
Simplified
仇 (unchanged)

Components

  • 亻 human
  • 丿 bend
  • ㇈ N/A

仇 has 2 readings

The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.

qiú
surname Qiu
chóu
hatred; animosity; enmity; a rival

Common words using 仇

仇恨 chóuhèn
to hate; hatred; enmity
報仇 bàochóu
to take revenge; to avenge
復仇 fùchóu
avenge; vengeance
仇人 chóurén
enemy
仇敵 chóudí
enemy
反目成仇 fǎnmùchéngchóu
to become enemies (idiom); to fall out with sb
恩仇 ēnchóu
debt of gratitude coupled with duty to avenge
記仇 jìchóu
to hold a grudge
一箭之仇 yījiànzhīchóu
a wrong suffered (idiom); old grievance; previous defeat
世仇 shìchóu
feud
仇怨 chóuyuàn
hatred and desire for revenge
冤仇 yuānchóu
rancor; enmity; hatred resulting from grievances

仇 in a sentence

他們之間有很大的仇恨。

Tāmen zhījiān yǒu hěn dà de chóuhèn.

“There is great hatred between them.”

How common is 仇?

仇 is the 1,534th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 94.8% of all running text.

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