gòu

dirt

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
土 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

earth

后 sound component

  Sound component

hòu

  

queen, after

Evolution

垢 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
垢 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

gòu

dirt, filth, stains; dirty; dirt; disgrace

Most common words with 垢
Freq.
Word
Meaning

污垢

filth

dirt

蓬头垢面

bad appearance

牙垢

tartar

泥垢

dirt

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3284th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+57A2

Shuowen

“垢,濁也。从土,后聲。”


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