Chinese Character Wiki

轂

gǔ, gū

hub of wheel

Components
士 unknown component

士  Unknown component

shì

  

scholar, soldier

冖 unknown component

冖  Unknown component

mì

  

cover

一 unknown component

一  Unknown component

yī

  

one

車 meaning component

車  Meaning component

chē, jū

  

vehicle

wheel

殳 sound component

殳  Sound component

shū

  

weapon or tool

Evolution

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

Seal script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

毂 (轂) 

gǔ

hub of wheel

毂 (轂) 

gū

wheel

Most common words with 轂
Freq.
Word
Meaning

轮毂

wheel hub

毂

wheel

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤok

kuwk

gǔ

nave of a wheel


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5052nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Simplified

毂

Unicode

U+8F42

Shuowen

“轂，輻所湊也。从車，聲。”


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