衢 (qú): thoroughfare
衢 (qú) is a Chinese character meaning “thoroughfare.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 行 (semantic) and 瞿 (phonetic). It ranks #9999 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 衢 step. Its radical form 行 (walk) appears in many related characters such as 行 (xíng, to walk), 衡 (héng, to weigh), 街 (jiē, street).
Definitions
- thoroughfare
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 衢州市 | qú zhōu shì | Quzhou, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province 浙江省 |
| 衢江区 | qú jiāng qū | Qujiang, a district of Quzhou City 衢州市, Zhejiang |
| 衢州proper-noun | qú zhōu | see 衢州市 |
| 康衢 | kāng qú | through street |
| 衢江 | qú jiāng | see 衢江區|衢江区 |
| 柳陌花衢 | liǔ mò huā qú | brothel |
衢 appears in 6 compound words: 67 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
衢州市文联党组书记、主席汪群表示，四省边际自古以来就是交通枢纽和文化交汇之地。
qú zhōu shì wén lián dǎng zǔ shū jì , zhǔ xí wāng qún biǎo shì , sì shěng biān jì zì gǔ yǐ lái jiù shì jiāo tōng shū niǔ hé wén huà jiāo huì zhī dì .
Wang Qun, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Chairman of the Quzhou Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles, stated that the border region where the four provinces meet has been a transportation hub and a cultural crossroads since ancient times.
在浙江衢州，一座刚刚试开馆的博物馆——姑蔑博物馆成为不少人的新去处。
zài zhè jiāng qú zhōu , yī zuò gāng gāng shì kāi guǎn de bó wù guǎn — — gū miè bó wù guǎn chéng wéi bù shǎo rén de xīn qù chǔ .
In Quzhou, Zhejiang, a museum that has just opened for a trial run—the Gumei Museum—has become a new destination for many people.
在硬件层面，位于衢州市柯城区的四省边际青少年足球赛训基地已现雏形，预计将于今年投用。
zài yìng jiàn céng miàn , wèi yú qú zhōu shì kē chéng qū de sì shěng biān jì qīng shǎo nián zú qiú sài xùn jī dì yǐ xiàn chú xíng , yù jì jiāng yú jīn nián tóu yòng .
On the hardware front, the Four-Province Border Youth Soccer Training Base, located in Kecheng District, Quzhou City, is taking shape and is expected to open this year.
“有礼”之城衢州便是其中的有力印证。
yǒu lǐ zhī chéng qú zhōu biàn shì qí zhōng de yǒu lì yìn zhèng .
Quzhou, the “City of Courtesy,” is a prime example of this.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 行 (step) component
行 Radical Family — Characters sharing the walk radical
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