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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified HSK
古 gǔ	古 \| 古* \| *古	ancient / old / paleo-	HSK 3


鼓 gǔ	鼓 \| 鼓* \| *鼓	drum / CL: 通, 面 / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell	HSK 5


皷 gǔ	皷 \| 皷* \| *皷	old variant of 鼓	鼓 HSK 5


顧 gù	顧 \| 顧* \| *顧	to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to	顾 HSK 6


股 gǔ	股 \| 股* \| *股	thigh / part of a whole; portion of a sum / (finance) stock; share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科 / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions	HSK 6


故 gù	故 \| 故* \| *故	happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead	HSK 7-9


雇 gù	雇 \| 雇* \| *雇	to employ / to hire / to rent	HSK 7-9


僱 gù	僱 \| 僱* \| *僱	variant of 雇	雇 HSK 7-9


估 gū	估 \| 估* \| *估	to estimate


估 gù	估 \| 估* \| *估	used in 估衣


谷 Gǔ	谷 \| 谷* \| *谷	surname Gu


谷 gǔ	谷 \| 谷* \| *谷	valley


穀 gǔ	穀 \| 穀* \| *穀	grain / corn	谷


顧 Gù	顧 \| 顧* \| *顧	surname Gu	顾


固 gù	固 \| 固* \| *固	hard / strong / solid / sure / assuredly / undoubtedly / of course / indeed / admittedly


賈 gǔ	賈 \| 賈* \| *賈	merchant / to buy	贾


汩 gǔ	汩 \| 汩* \| *汩	confused / extinguished / (onom.) used in 汩汩


孤 gū	孤 \| 孤* \| *孤	lone / lonely


鈷 gǔ	鈷 \| 鈷* \| *鈷	(chemistry) cobalt (Taiwan pr. [gu1]) / used in 鈷鉧｜钴𬭁	钴


辜 Gū	辜 \| 辜* \| *辜	surname Gu


辜 gū	辜 \| 辜* \| *辜	crime / sin


箍 gū	箍 \| 箍* \| *箍	hoop / to bind with hoops


沽 Gū	沽 \| 沽* \| *沽	abbr. for Tianjin 天津 (also 津沽)


沽 gū	沽 \| 沽* \| *沽	to buy / to sell


古 Gǔ	古 \| 古* \| *古	surname Gu


菇 gū	菇 \| 菇* \| *菇	(bound form) mushroom


蠱 gǔ	蠱 \| 蠱* \| *蠱	arch. legendary venomous insect / to poison / to bewitch / to drive to insanity / to harm by witchcraft / intestinal parasite	蛊


咕 gū	咕 \| 咕* \| *咕	(onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc


姑 gū	姑 \| 姑* \| *姑	paternal aunt / husband's sister / husband's mother (old) / nun / for the time being (literary)


呱 gū	呱 \| 呱* \| *呱	crying sound of child


骨 gǔ	骨 \| 骨* \| *骨	bone


牯 gǔ	牯 \| 牯* \| *牯	bullock / cow


榖 gǔ	榖 \| 榖* \| *榖	paper mulberry tree


唂 gū	唂 \| 唂* \| *唂	(onom.) bird call


古縣 Gǔxiàn	古縣 \| 古縣* \| *古縣	Gu county in Linfen 臨汾｜临汾, Shanxi	古县


漢書 Hànshū	漢書 \| 漢書* \| *漢書	History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Ban Gu 班固 in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls	汉书


玉篇 Yùpiān	玉篇 \| 玉篇* \| *玉篇	Yupian, Chinese dictionary compiled by Gu Yewang 顧野王｜顾野王 in 6th century AD


日知錄 Rìzhīlù	日知錄 \| 日知錄* \| *日知錄	Rizhilu or Record of daily study, by early Confucian philosopher Gu Yanwu 顧炎武｜顾炎武	日知录


轂 gū	轂 \| 轂* \| *轂	wheel	毂


轂 gǔ	轂 \| 轂* \| *轂	hub of wheel	毂


扢 gǔ	扢 \| 扢* \| *扢	clean / to rub


崮 gù	崮 \| 崮* \| *崮	steep-sided flat-topped mountain / mesa / (element in mountain names)


顧愷之 Gù Kǎizhī	顧愷之 \| 顧愷之* \| *顧愷之	Gu Kaizhi or Ku K'aichih (346-407), famous painter of Eastern Jin dynasty, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家	顾恺之


蛌 gǔ	蛌 \| 蛌* \| *蛌	cricket


觚 gū	觚 \| 觚* \| *觚	goblet / rule / law


蛄 gū	蛄 \| 蛄* \| *蛄	see 螻蛄｜蝼蛄


濲 gǔ	濲 \| 濲* \| *濲	name of a river in Hunan


瞽 gǔ	瞽 \| 瞽* \| *瞽	blind / undiscerning


錮 gù	錮 \| 錮* \| *錮	obstinate disease / to restrain / to stop	锢


軲 gū	軲 \| 軲* \| *軲	wheel / to roll	轱


詁 gǔ	詁 \| 詁* \| *詁	to comment / to explain	诂


韺 yīng	韺 \| 韺* \| *韺	music of legendary emperor Gu


鯝 gù	鯝 \| 鯝* \| *鯝	Xenocypris, genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia	鲴


瀔 gǔ	瀔 \| 瀔* \| *瀔	river name in Henan province


泒 gū	泒 \| 泒* \| *泒	name of a river


牿 gù	牿 \| 牿* \| *牿	shed or pen for cattle


罛 gū	罛 \| 罛* \| *罛	large fishing net


鵠 gǔ	鵠 \| 鵠* \| *鵠	center or bull's eye of an archery target (old) / goal / target	鹄


鶻 gǔ	鶻 \| 鶻* \| *鶻	used in 鶻鵃｜鹘鸼	鹘


軱 gū	軱 \| 軱* \| *軱	big bone


罟 gǔ	罟 \| 罟* \| *罟	to implicate / net for birds or fish


鴣 gū	鴣 \| 鴣* \| *鴣	partridge / Francolinus chinensis	鸪


箛 gū	箛 \| 箛* \| *箛	(bamboo) / trumpet for chariots


盬 gǔ	盬 \| 盬* \| *盬	covered pot


榾 gǔ	榾 \| 榾* \| *榾	scraps of wood


凅 gù	凅 \| 凅* \| *凅	dried up / dry / exhausted / tired


嘏 gǔ	嘏 \| 嘏* \| *嘏	good fortune / longevity


博古 Bó Gǔ	博古 \| 博古* \| *博古	Bo Gu (1907-1946), Soviet-trained Chinese Communist, journalist and propagandist, 1930s Left adventurist, subsequently rehabilitated, killed in air crash


痼 gù	痼 \| 痼* \| *痼	obstinate disease / (of passion, hobbies) long-term


臌 gǔ	臌 \| 臌* \| *臌	dropsical / swollen


酤 gū	酤 \| 酤* \| *酤	to deal in liquors


蓇 gū	蓇 \| 蓇* \| *蓇	used in 蓇葖 / Taiwan pr. [gu3]


崓 gù	崓 \| 崓* \| *崓	variant of 崮


羖 gǔ	羖 \| 羖* \| *羖	black ewe


餶 gǔ	餶 \| 餶* \| *餶	used in 餶飿｜馉饳	馉


固安縣 Gù'ānxiàn	固安縣 \| 固安縣* \| *固安縣	Gu'an county in Langfang 廊坊, Hebei	固安县


梏 gù	梏 \| 梏* \| *梏	braces (med.) / fetters / manacles


菰 gū	菰 \| 菰* \| *菰	Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍｜茭白笋, which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of 菇) mushroom


堌 gù	堌 \| 堌* \| *堌	place name


唃 gū	唃 \| 唃* \| *唃	old variant of 唂


祻 gù	祻 \| 祻* \| *祻	variant of 禍｜祸, disaster


固安 Gù'ān	固安 \| 固安* \| *固安	Gu'an county in Langfang 廊坊, Hebei


班固 Bān Gù	班固 \| 班固* \| *班固	Ban Gu (32-92), Eastern Han dynasty historian, wrote the Dynastic History of Western Han 漢書｜汉书


辜鴻銘 Gū Hóngmíng	辜鴻銘 \| 辜鴻銘* \| *辜鴻銘	Ku Hung-ming or Gu Hongming (1857-1928), Malaysian writer known for his English-language works and defense of Qing dynasty monarchy	辜鸿铭


六朝四大家 Liù Cháo Sì Dàjiā	六朝四大家 \| 六朝四大家* \| *六朝四大家	Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties, namely: Cao Buxing 曹不興｜曹不兴, Gu Kaizhi 顧愷之｜顾恺之, Lu Tanwei 陸探微｜陆探微 and Zhang Sengyou 張僧繇｜张僧繇


前漢書 Qián Hànshū	前漢書 \| 前漢書* \| *前漢書	History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Ban Gu 班固 in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls	前汉书


古龍 Gǔ Lóng	古龍 \| 古龍* \| *古龍	Gu Long (1938-1985), Taiwanese wuxia novelist and screenwriter	古龙


顧炎武 Gù Yánwǔ	顧炎武 \| 顧炎武* \| *顧炎武	Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄｜日知录	顾炎武


顧野王 Gù Yěwáng	顧野王 \| 顧野王* \| *顧野王	Gu Yewang (519-581), historian and an interpreter of classical texts, editor of Yupian 玉篇	顾野王


𦙶 gǔ	𦙶 \| 𦙶* \| *𦙶	variant of 股 / (used in place names)

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