库
warehouse; storehouse; (file) library
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #719 U+5E93
How 库 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A stable 广 where carriages 车 are parked
How to remember it
warehouse · Heisig RSH #558
cave + 车 car
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 库 as their sound component
These characters all use 库 (kù) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 库 sound component | kù | armory, treasury, warehouse |
| 裤 | kù | pants, trousers |
Words containing 库
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马尔库斯 | Mǎ ěr kù sī | Marcus (name) |
| 库尔斯克 | Kù ěr sī kè | Kursk (city) |
| 库尔德人 | Kù ěr dé rén | Kurdish person or people |
| 阿金库尔 | Ā jīn kù ěr | Agincourt (near Arras in north France, scene of a battle in 1415) |
| 库布里克 | Kù bù lǐ kè | Kubrick |
| 库尔德工人党 | Kù ěr dé Gōng rén dǎng | Kurdistan Worker's Party (PPK) |
| 库克山 | Kù kè shān | Mt Cook on New Zealand South Island, national park and highest peak |
| 法库县 | Fǎ kù Xiàn | Faku, a county in Shenyang City 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 小金库 | xiǎo jīn kù | supplementary cash reserve; private fund; private hoard; slush fund |
| 库车市 | Kù chē Shì | Kuqa, a county-level city in Aksu Prefecture 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[A1 ke4 su1 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang |
| 库尔德 | Kù ěr dé | Kurd; Kurdish |
| 马库色 | Mǎ kù sè | Marcuse (philosopher) |
| 塔什库尔干塔吉克自治县 | Tǎ shí kù ěr gān Tǎ jí kè Zì zhì xiàn | Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, in Kashgar City 喀什市[Ka1 shi2 Shi4], Xinjiang |
| 石库门 | shí kù mén | "shikumen" style architecture: traditional (ca. 19th century) residences with courtyards, … |
| 库尔特·瓦尔德海姆 | Kù ěr tè · Wǎ ěr dé hǎi mǔ | Kurt Waldheim (1918-2007), Austrian diplomat and politician, secretary-general of UN 1972-… |
| 库里提巴 | Kù lǐ tí bā | Curitiba (city in Brazil) |
| 库克船长 | Kù kè chuán zhǎng | Captain James Cook (1728-1779), British navigator and explorer |
| 四库全书 | Sì kù Quán shū | Siku Quanshu (collection of books compiled during Qing dynasty) |
| 精子库 | jīng zǐ kù | sperm bank |
| 图尔库 | Tú ěr kù | Turku (city in Finland) |