| 咎 | jiù | fault; to blame; to punish; calamity; misfortune |
| 归咎 | guī jiù | blame; declare to be at fault |
| 不咎既往 | bù jiù jì wǎng | not censure sb for his past misdeeds; overlook sb's past mistakes; let bygones be bygones |
| 任咎 | rèn jiù | to take the blame |
| 动辄得咎 | dòng zhé dé jiù | faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right |
| 咎有应得 | jiù yǒu yīng dé | to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc) |
| 引咎 | yǐn jiù | to take the blame; to accept responsibility (for a mistake) |
| 引咎辞职 | yǐn jiù cí zhí | to admit responsibility and resign |
| 既往不咎 | jì wǎng bù jiù | to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones; There is no point in crying over spilt milk. |
| 自取其咎 | zì qǔ qí jiù | to have only oneself to blame (idiom); to bring trouble through one's own actions |