咕
(onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,408 U+5495
How 咕 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 古 (phonetic, gǔ)
How to remember it
mutter · Heisig RSH #1502
古 ancient + 口 mouth
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 古
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 古 (gǔ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 古 sound component | gǔ | old, classic, ancient |
| 苦 | kǔ | bitter; hardship, suffering |
| 胡 | hú | recklessly, foolishly; wildly |
| 居 | jū | to live, to reside; to dwell; to sit |
| 故 | gù | reason, cause; happening, instance |
| 固 | gù | to solidify; strength |
| 估 | gū | merchant; to estimate, to guess, to presume |
| 鸪 | gū | species of Taiwan pigeon |
| 沽 | gū | to buy and sell; of inferior quality |
| 蛄 | gū | mole cricket |
| 辜 | gū | crime, offense, sin |
| 祜 | hù | blessings, happiness, prosperity |
| 怙 | hù | to rely on; to presume; father (formal) |
| 钴 | gǔ | cobalt; clothes-iron |
| 罟 | gǔ | net, snare; to implicate |
| 诂 | gǔ | explanation; to comment, to explain |
| 骷 | kū | skeleton |
| 嘏 | gǔ | felicity, prosperity; large and strong |
| 轱 | gū | wheel; to revolve, to turn |
Words containing 咕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乱咕攘 | luàn gū rang | to disturb (dialect) |
| 搭咕 | dā gū | to connect; to discuss |
| 黑咕隆咚 | hēi gu lōng dōng | pitch-black; pitch-dark |
| 咕噜肉 | gū lū ròu | sweet and sour meat (pork) |
| 咕咕叫 | gū gū jiào | sound made by an empty stomach |
| 叽里咕噜 | jī li gū lū | see 嘰哩咕嚕|叽哩咕噜[ji1 li5 gu1 lu1] |
| 挤咕 | jǐ gū | to wink at |
| 戳咕 | chuō gū | to stir up behind sb's back; to incite secretly |
| 咕唧 | gū jī | to whisper; to mutter |
| 唧咕 | jī gu | (onom.) whisper |
| 犯嘀咕 | fàn dí gu | to hesitate; to have second thoughts; to be concerned; to brood (over sth); to complain |
| 掖咕 | yē gu | to toss aside; to misplace |
| 叽叽咕咕 | jī ji gū gū | (onom.) to mutter; to mumble; to whisper |
| 咕噜 | gū lu | (onom.) to rumble (of a stomach); to coo (of a dove); rumbling; noisy drinking sound |
| 叽哩咕噜 | jī li gū lū | (onom.) to jabber; to rumble |
| 咕咾肉 | gū lǎo ròu | sweet and sour meat (pork) |
| 咕咚 | gū dōng | splash; (onom.) for heavy things falling down |
| 呛咕 | qiāng gu | to discuss (dialect) |
| 嘀咕 | dí gu | to mutter; to feel apprehensive |
| 咕哝 | gū nong | to murmur; to mumble; to grumble; to mutter |