Character: 糾
Modern (Beijing) reading: jiū jiǔ
Preclassic Old Chinese: kiwʔ
Classic Old Chinese: kíw
Western Han Chinese: kjǝ́w
Eastern Han Chinese: kjǝ́w
Early Postclassic Chinese: kjíw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kjíw
Late Postclassic Chinese: kjíw
Middle Chinese: kjíw
English meaning : be twisted, plaited
Russian meaning[s]: 1) сплетать, свивать; 2) собирать(ся), соединять(ся); 3) вовлекать; быть вовлеченным; 4) исправлять, выправлять; проверять; 5) обвинять; жаловаться на (кого-л.); [jiū] допрашивать, производить следствие
Comments: Modern 平聲 is irregular (jiǔ would be expected). Also read OC *kewʔ, MC kéw (FQ JY 舉夭), Pek. jiǎo in the binome 窈糾 *ʔēwʔ-kewʔ 'be elegant, beautiful'. Schüssler gives also a variant reading *gewʔ, and a variant meaning 'to examine' - which we were unable to trace. A possible etymology see under 樛, 觓.
Radical: 120
Four-angle index: 2669
Karlgren code: 1064 b-c
Go-on: kiu
Kan-on: kiu
Japanese reading: kyū+;azanau;yojiru;yorinawa;yojireru;matou;tadasu
