究 jiū
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 穴 — cave, den, hole
- Made of
- 穴 cave, den, hole 九 nine
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
究竟
jiūjìng
after all; exactly
Characters in this word
竟 jìng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 立 — to stand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 你究竟去哪？ Nǐ jiūjìng qù nǎ? Where exactly are you going?
- 他究竟是谁？ Tā jiūjìng shì shéi? Who is he exactly?
- 究竟怎么了？ Jiūjìng zěnme le? What exactly happened?
Related words
- 讲究 jiǎngjiu to be particular
- 研究 yánjiū to research; to study
- 研究生 yánjiūshēng graduate student
- 研究所 yánjiūsuǒ research institute
- 竟然 jìngrán unexpectedly
- 毕竟 bìjìng after all
- 在于 zàiyú to lie in; to depend on
- 总之 zǒngzhī in short
- 一般来说 yìbānláishuō generally speaking
- 于是 yúshì then (as a result)
- 以及 yǐjí and; as well as
- 此外 cǐwài besides; in addition