糾 means “denounce, entangle, investigate”

きゅう · kyuu

Also: twist, ask, verify

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): ただす
On'yomi (Chinese reading): キュウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 9 strokes

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Thread (糸) beside 丩, two strands coiling round each other: things twisted into a knot. A meeting in 紛糾 is a tangle of raised voices, 糾弾 is a public denunciation, and 糾明 untwists a matter to get at the truth.

Used in 紛糾 (funkyuu, turmoil/deadlock), 糾弾 (kyuudan, denunciation), and 糾明 (kyuumei, investigation)

糾 means “denounce, entangle, investigate”

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