Chinese Character 姑 Meanings and components.

Form

姑

Meaning

姑 meaning[3] in English

Paternal Aunt.

Husband's Sister.

Husband's Mother (Old).

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Main Components

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

Its radical[1] is: 女 (nv3) which means: Female, Woman, Daughter, .女nv3female

In cangjie it is written with VJR

How to write 姑

To write姑gu1paternal aunt you should write a combination of 女nv3female , 古gu3surname Gu arranged in a 吅 shape:

女 + 古 = 姑

姑 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

姑
Pinyin:gu1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Paternal Aunt . Husband'S Sister . Husband'S Mother (Old) . Nun . For The Time Being (Literary)
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
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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