Chinese Character 咕 Meanings and components.

Form

咕

Meaning

咕 meaning[3] in English

(Onom.) For The Sound Of A Bird, An Empty Stomach Etc.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 咕 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and surname Gu (古)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RJR

How to write 咕

To write咕gu1(onom.) for … you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 古gu3surname Gu arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 古 = 咕

咕 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 咕 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 咕, looks as follow:

咕
Pinyin:gu1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: (Onom.) For The Sound Of A Bird, An Empty Stomach Etc
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
古
Pinyin:gu3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Gu
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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