沽
to buy; to sell
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,809 U+6CBD
How 沽 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 古 (phonetic, gǔ)
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 |
| 咕 | gū | mumble, mutter, murmur; rumble |
| 鸪 | gū | species of Taiwan pigeon |
| 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 沽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大沽口炮台 | Dà gū kǒu pào tái | Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a p… |
| 大沽炮台 | Dà gū pào tái | Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a p… |
| 沽源县 | Gū yuán Xiàn | Guyuan, a county in Zhangjiakou City 張家口市|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 Shi4], Hebei |
| 待价而沽 | dài jià ér gū | to sell only for a good price (idiom); to wait for a good offer |
| 汉沽区 | Hàn gū qū | Hangu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区[Bin1… |
| 沽空 | gū kōng | (finance) to short sell |
| 塘沽区 | Táng gū qū | Tanggu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区[Bin… |
| 沽源 | Gū yuán | see 沽源縣|沽源县[Gu1 yuan2 Xian4] |
| 汉沽 | Hàn gū | Hangu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区[Bin1… |
| 沽名钓誉 | gū míng diào yù | to angle for fame (idiom); to fish for compliments |
| 津沽 | Jīn gū | another name for Tianjin 天津 |
| 泸沽湖 | Lú gū Hú | Lugu Lake, alpine lake on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan |
| 塘沽 | Táng gū | Tanggu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区[Bin… |