姑 (gū): meaning and stroke order
姑 (gū) means paternal aunt, husband's sister, husband's mother (old), nun.
姑
- Simplified
- 姑
- Traditional
- 姑 (same form)
- Pinyin
- gū
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Stroke order of 姑
姑
- gū paternal aunt; husband's sister
- 8 strokes
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Meaning of 姑
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gū
- paternal aunt
- husband's sister
- husband's mother (old)
- nun
- for the time being (literary)
Radical and structure
- 姑
- Radical 女 (Kangxi radical 38) · 8 strokes · 女 on the left, 古 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 姑
- 姑娘 gū niang girl; young woman
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).