guō

outer part (of a city)

A tall building  at the edge of a city 

Components
享 meaning component

  Meaning component

xiǎng

  

enjoy

阝 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

hill, place

Evolution

郭 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
郭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
郭 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
郭 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

guō

outer part (of a city); surname; outer city wall

 

Guō

surname Guo

Most common words with 郭
Freq.
Word
Meaning

surname Guo

郭晶晶

Guo Jingjing (1981-), Chinese female diver and Olympic gold medalist

郭敬明

Guo Jingming (1983-), Chinese young-adult fiction writer and teen pop idol

郭沫若

Guo Moruo (1892-1978), writer, communist party intellectual and cultural apparatchik

郭台铭

Guo "Terry" Taiming (1950-), prominent Taiwanese businessman, founder of Foxconn

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)