gǒugōu

kind of aspen found in Sichuan

Components
木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

tree

句 sound component

  Sound component

gōu

  

sentence

Evolution

枸 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
枸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
枸 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
枸 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
枸 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

gǒu

kind of aspen found in Sichuan; Chinese wolfberry (Lycium chinense)

 

gōu

bent; crooked

 

Citrus medica

Most common words with 枸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

bent

枸杞

genus Lycium

枸橼

grapefruit

枸骨

Chinese holly (Ilex cornuta)

枸橘

trifoliate orange (Citrus trifoliata)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k](r)oʔ

kjuX

(a kind of tree)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4578th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+67B8

Shuowen

“枸,木也,可為醬,出蜀。从木,句聲。”


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