灸
moxibustion (TCM)
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,210 U+7078
How 灸 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
火 (semantic, “fire”) + 久 (phonetic, jiǔ)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 久
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 久 (jiǔ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 久 sound component | jiǔ | long ago; a long time |
| 疚 | jiù | chronic disease; guilt, remorse; sorrow |
| 玖 | jiǔ | black jade; nine (bankers' anti-fraud numeral) |
Words containing 灸
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无病自灸 | wú bìng zì jiǔ | lit. to prescribe moxibustion for oneself when not ill; to cause oneself trouble with supe… |
| 艾条温和灸 | ài tiáo wēn hé jiǔ | gentle stick moxibustion (TCM) |
| 艾条雀啄灸 | ài tiáo què zhuó jiǔ | "sparrow pecking" moxibustion technique (TCM) |
| 艾条灸 | ài tiáo jiǔ | stick moxibustion; poling (TCM) |
| 灸法 | jiǔ fǎ | moxibustion (TCM) |
| 针灸 | zhēn jiǔ | acupuncture and moxibustion; to give or have acupuncture and moxibustion |
| 艾灸 | ài jiǔ | moxibustion (TCM) |
| 砭灸术 | biān jiǔ shù | acupuncture and moxibustion (Chinese medicine) |
| 艾炷灸 | ài zhù jiǔ | cone moxibustion (TCM) |
| 砭灸 | biān jiǔ | see 砭灸術|砭灸术[bian1 jiu3 shu4] |