垢
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dirt; disgrace
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,487 U+57A2
How 垢 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
土 (semantic, “earth”) + 后 (phonetic, hòu)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 后
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 后 (hòu) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 后 sound component | hòu | after; behind, rear; descendants |
| 诟 | gòu | to abuse, to scold; to berate, to insult |
| 逅 | hòu | to meet unexpectedly |
Words containing 垢
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蓬头垢面 | péng tóu gòu miàn | messy hair and dirty face; bad appearance |
| 纯真无垢 | chún zhēn wú gòu | pure of heart |
| 去垢剂 | qù gòu jì | detergent |
| 藏垢纳污 | cáng gòu nà wū | see 藏污納垢|藏污纳垢[cang2 wu1 na4 gou4] |
| 藏污纳垢 | cáng wū nà gòu | to hide dirt, to conceal corruption (idiom); to shelter evil people and accept wrongdoing;… |
| 蓬首垢面 | péng shǒu gòu miàn | see 蓬頭垢面|蓬头垢面[peng2 tou2 gou4 mian4] |
| 除垢剂 | chú gòu jì | detergent |
| 水垢 | shuǐ gòu | limescale |
| 油垢 | yóu gòu | greasy dirt |
| 耳垢 | ěr gòu | earwax |
| 牙垢 | yá gòu | dental plaque; tartar |
| 积垢 | jī gòu | deeply accumulated filth |
| 茶垢 | chá gòu | tea stain (on the inside of a tea pot, tea cup etc) |
| 鼻垢 | bí gòu | dried nasal mucus; booger |
| 泥垢 | ní gòu | dirt; grime |
| 含垢忍辱 | hán gòu rěn rǔ | (idiom) to bear shame and humiliation |
| 忍辱含垢 | rěn rǔ hán gòu | see 含垢忍辱[han2 gou4 ren3 ru3] |
| 污垢 | wū gòu | variant of 污垢[wu1 gou4] |
| 污垢 | wū gòu | dirt; filth; grime |