衢

qú
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 a thoroughfare; a road branching in many directions; a crossroads

Examples

HSK 7-9
通衢上车马川流不息。
Tōngqú shàng chēmǎ chuānliú-bùxī.
Carriages and horses streamed along the broad thoroughfare without pause.
HSK 7-9
Zhèjiāng de Qúzhōu yīn cǐ zì démíng.
Quzhou in Zhejiang takes its name from this character.

Tips

usage
衢 is a literary word for a big road that branches in all directions. You will meet it in 通衢 ('a major thoroughfare') and as the city name 衢州 in Zhejiang.

Components

radical
行 xíng
to go; a road (split as enclosure)
行 is the road radical. It wraps the character: its left half is written first, then the phonetic, then its right half last. Originally a picture of a crossroads, it carries the core meaning 'road'.
phonetic
瞿 qú
phonetic element (a startled hawk's stare)
瞿 sits inside the road radical and supplies the exact sound qú. It contributes no meaning here, only the pronunciation.

Stroke Order

衢 qú