懂中文 Dong Chinese

呱

gū

wail

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 瓜 represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

瓜 sound component

瓜  Sound component

guā

  

melon

Evolution

呱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
呱 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

呱  

gū

wail, crying of child; swear at; crying sound of child

Most common words with 呱
Freq.
Word
Meaning

呱

crying sound of child

呱呱

(onom.) sound of frogs, ducks etc

顶呱呱

tip-top

呱呱叫

excellent

拉呱

to gossip