懂中文 Dong Chinese

句

jù, gōu

sentence

Original meaning: 

bent

口 represents the sound and 丩 represents the meaning and the sound.

Components
丩 sound,meaning component

丩  Sound Meaning component

jiū

  

join

口 sound component

口  Sound component

kǒu

  

mouth

Evolution

句 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
句 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
句 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
句 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
句 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

句  

jù

sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse

句  

gōu

variant of 勾[gōu]

Most common words with 句
Freq.
Word
Meaning

句

sentence

一句话

in a word

句子

sentence

换句话说

in other words

句号

full stop

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

鉤

Sound component in 20 characters (6 verified)

齣 局 够 夠 狗 𱌮 拘 鉤 苟 駒 驹 枸 劬 笱 朐 岣 鸲 鼩 昫 竘