郭
outer city wall
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,984 U+90ED
How 郭 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A tall building 享 at the edge of a city 阝
How to remember it
outer walls · Heisig RSH #2802
享 enjoy + city walls
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 郭 as their sound component
These characters all use 郭 (guō) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 郭 sound component | guō | city limits; surname |
| 廓 | kuò | broad, wide; open; empty; outline |
Words containing 郭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 前郭尔罗斯蒙古族自治县 | Qián guō ěr Luó sī Měng gǔ zú Zì zhì xiàn | Qian Gorlos Mongol Autonomous County, in Songyuan City 松原市[Song1 yuan2 Shi4], Jilin |
| 前郭尔县 | Qián guō ěr Xiàn | see 前郭爾羅斯蒙古族自治縣|前郭尔罗斯蒙古族自治县[Qian2 guo1 er3 Luo2 si1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 | Bā yīn guō léng Měng gǔ Zì zhì zhōu | Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维… |
| 前郭县 | Qián guō Xiàn | see 前郭爾羅斯蒙古族自治縣|前郭尔罗斯蒙古族自治县[Qian2 guo1 er3 Luo2 si1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 前郭尔 | Qián guō ěr | see 前郭爾羅斯蒙古族自治縣|前郭尔罗斯蒙古族自治县[Qian2 guo1 er3 Luo2 si1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 外郭城 | wài guō chéng | outer city wall |
| 霍林郭勒市 | Huò lín guō lè Shì | Holingol, a county-level city in Tongliao City 通遼市|通辽市[Tong1 liao2 Shi4], Inner Mongolia |
| 郭小川 | Guō Xiǎo chuān | Guo Xiaochuan (1919-1976), PRC communist poet, hero in the war with Japan, died after long… |
| 霍林郭勒 | Huò lín guō lè | see 霍林郭勒市[Huo4 lin2 guo1 le4 Shi4] |
| 郭子仪 | Guō Zǐ yí | Guo Ziyi (697–781), Tang dynasty general who helped suppress the An Lushan Rebellion and s… |
| 南郭 | Nán guō | two-character surname Nanguo |
| 城郭 | chéng guō | a city wall |
| 郭城 | guō chéng | outer city wall |
| 锡林郭勒 | Xī lín guō lè | see 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2] |
| 东郭 | Dōng guō | two-character surname Dongguo |
| 巴音郭楞州 | Bā yīn guō léng Zhōu | see 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] |
| 锡林郭勒盟 | Xī lín guō lè Méng | Xilingol, league in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nei4 meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4… |
| 郭敬明 | Guō Jìng míng | Guo Jingming (1983-), Chinese young-adult fiction writer and teen pop idol |
| 吴郭鱼 | wú guō yú | (Tw) tilapia |
| 郭居静 | Guō Jū jìng | Lazzaro Cattaneo (1560-1640), Italian Jesuit missionary in China |