赳

jiū
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 valiant; martial

Examples

HSK 7-9
赳赳武夫
Jiūjiū wǔfū
The classical phrase "赳赳武夫" means a brave, martial warrior.

Tips

history
赳 never stands alone; it appears only doubled as 赳赳 (valiant), famous from the Book of Songs phrase 赳赳武夫. It joins the walk radical 走 with the old phonetic 丩.
register
Classical and bound - modern use is essentially the fixed reduplication 赳赳.

Components

radical
走 zǒu
to walk; to go
Walk radical 走 wraps the lower left; it suggests striding, vigorous movement - the energetic bearing of a 赳赳 warrior.
phonetic
丩 jiū
to twine (old phonetic)
丩 on the right supplies the sound directly (jiū). This is the same archaic hooking element that also seeds 纠 and 叫.

Stroke Order

赳 jiū