寇
to invade; to plunder; bandit; foe; enemy
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,505 U+5BC7
How 寇 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Bandits mugging 攴 a person 元 in his home 宀
How to remember it
outlaw · Heisig RSH #1885
完 finish + magic wand + crotch
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 寇 as their sound component
These characters all use 寇 (kòu) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寇 sound component | kòu | bandit, thief; enemy; to invade |
| 蔻 | kòu | nutmeg, cardamom |
Words containing 寇
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 成者为王，败者为寇 | chéng zhě wéi wáng , bài zhě wéi kòu | see 成則為王，敗則為寇|成则为王，败则为寇[cheng2 ze2 wei2 wang2 , bai4 ze2 wei2 kou4] |
| 成则为王，败则为寇 | chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu | lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom); fig. losers are alw… |
| 寇比力克 | Kòu bǐ lì kè | see 庫布里克|库布里克[Ku4 bu4 li3 ke4] |
| 落草为寇 | luò cǎo wéi kòu | (idiom) to take to the woods to become an outlaw |
| 成王败寇 | chéng wáng bài kòu | see 成則為王，敗則為寇|成则为王，败则为寇[cheng2 ze2 wei2 wang2 , bai4 ze2 wei2 kou4] |
| 胜者王侯败者寇 | shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu | the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom); hist… |
| 视如寇仇 | shì rú kòu chóu | to regard as an enemy |
| 日寇 | rì kòu | Japanese invaders (during the Second Sino-Japanese War) |
| 流寇 | liú kòu | roving bandit; rebel band |
| 草寇 | cǎo kòu | bandits |
| 司寇 | Sī kòu | two-character surname Sikou |
| 司寇 | sī kòu | minister of criminal justice (official rank in imperial China) |
| 寇准 | Kòu Zhǔn | Kou Zhun (961-1023), Northern Song politician and poet |
| 穷寇 | qióng kòu | cornered enemy |
| 寇攘 | kòu rǎng | to rob and steal |
| 倭寇 | Wō kòu | Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century) |