究竟 jiūjìng exactly

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Stroke order

究竟 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

究竟 — the Chinese character for exactly (jiūjìng), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 究竟 — exactly

究 — 7 strokes
竟 — 11 strokes

Senses

to go to the bottom of a matter
after all
when all is said and done
(in an interrogative sentence) finally
outcome
result

Characters in 究竟

究 jiū — after all; to investigate; to study carefully
竟 jìng — unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

你究竟想说什么？Nǐ jiūjìng xiǎng shuō shénme?What exactly do you want to say?
这究竟是怎么回事？Zhè jiūjìng shì zěnme huí shì?What exactly is going on here?

Related words

究竟 is pronounced jiūjìng and means “exactly”.

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