咎

jiù

fault, defect; error, mistake

How to write 咎, stroke by stroke

fault; to blame; to punish; calamity; misfortune

Pictophonetic: semantic 口 (mouth), phonetic 处

Made of 处 + 口

咎由自取jiù yóu zì qǔ(idiom) to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions
任咎rèn jiùto take the blame
引咎yǐn jiùto take the blame; to accept responsibility (for a mistake)
归咎guī jiùto put the blame on; to accuse
不咎既往bù jiù jì wǎngnot censure sb for his past misdeeds; overlook sb's past mistakes; let bygones be bygones
引咎辞职yǐn jiù cí zhíto admit responsibility and resign
咎有应得jiù yǒu yīng dé(idiom) to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc)
既往不咎jì wǎng bù jiùto forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones; There is no point in crying over spilt milk.
难辞其咎nán cí qí jiùcannot escape censure (idiom); has to bear the blame
动辄得咎dòng zhé dé jiùfaulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right
自取其咎zì qǔ qí jiùsee 咎由自取

不要把这个错误归咎于她。
bú yào bǎ zhè ge cuò wù guī jiù yú tā 。
Don't blame the mistake on her.
他把他的错误归咎于坏运气。
tā bǎ tā de cuò wù guī jiù yú huài yùn qì 。
He ascribes his failure to bad luck.
把你的失败归咎于你的父母是不对的。
bǎ nǐ de shī bài guī jiù yú nǐ de fù mǔ shì bú duì de 。
It's not fair to attribute your failure to your parents.