谷
grain; corn
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #741 U+8C37
How 谷 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Water flowing 人 from a spring 口 through a valley 八
How to remember it
valley · Heisig RSH #698
animal legs + umbrella + 口 mouth
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 谷 as their sound component
These characters all use 谷 (gǔ) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谷 sound component | gǔ | valley, gorge, ravine |
| 欲 | yù | desire, want, longing, intent |
| 俗 | sú | social customs; vulgar, unrefined |
| 浴 | yù | to bathe, to shower, to wash |
| 裕 | yù | rich, plentiful, abundant |
| 鹆 | yù | mynah; Acridotheres tristis |
Words containing 谷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 山谷市 | Shān gǔ Shì | The Valley, capital of Anguilla (a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean) |
| 斯瓦特谷地 | Sī wǎ tè gǔ dì | Swat valley in Pakistani Northwest Frontier |
| 马尔谷 | Mǎ ěr gǔ | Mark; St Mark the evangelist; less common variant of 馬克|马克[Ma3 ke4] preferred by the Catho… |
| 平谷区 | Píng gǔ Qū | Pinggu, a district of Beijing |
| 谷城县 | Gǔ chéng Xiàn | Gucheng, a county in Xiangyang City 襄陽市|襄阳市[Xiang1 yang2 Shi4], Hubei |
| 打谷机 | dǎ gǔ jī | threshing machine |
| 阳谷县 | Yáng gǔ Xiàn | Yanggu, a county in Liaocheng City 聊城市[Liao2 cheng2 Shi4], Shandong |
| 四体不勤，五谷不分 | sì tǐ bù qín , wǔ gǔ bù fēn | never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite |
| 哈巴谷书 | Hā bā gǔ shū | Book of Habakkuk |
| 打谷场 | dǎ gǔ cháng | threshing floor |
| 全谷物 | quán gǔ wù | whole grain |
| 空谷足音 | kōng gǔ zú yīn | (lit.) the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley (idiom); (fig.) sth hard to come by; st… |
| 太谷区 | Tài gǔ Qū | Taigu, a district of Jinzhong City 晉中市|晋中市[Jin4 zhong1 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 谷神星 | Gǔ shén xīng | Ceres, dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, discovered in 1801 by G… |
| 科罗拉多大峡谷 | Kē luó lā duō dà xiá gǔ | the Grand Canyon (Colorado) |
| 谷子 | gǔ zi | millet; (ACG) collectible merch (loanword from "goods", via Japanese "guzzu") |
| 布谷鸟 | bù gǔ niǎo | cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.); same as 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟[du4 juan1 niao3] |
| 山谷 | shān gǔ | valley; ravine |
| 谷地 | gǔ dì | valley |
| 日比谷公园 | Rì bǐ gǔ Gōng yuán | Hibiya Park in central Tokyo |