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佝

gōu

Character

What 佝 means

1. used in {佝偻|gōu lóu}
2. Taiwan pr. kòu

Other readings

佝 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• kòuused in {佝瞀|kòu mào}

Words starting with 佝

• 佝偻gōu lóustooped; hunched over
• 佝偻病gōu lóu bìng(medicine) rickets
• 佝瞀kòu màovariant of 怐愗

Characters built on 句

These share the phonetic component 句 (jù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 够gòuenough (sufficient); enough (too much); (colloquial) (before adj.) really
• 狗gǒudog
• 苟gǒu(literary) if indeed; (bound form) careless; negligent; (bound form) temporarily
• 枸gōubent; crooked
• 笱gǒubasket for trapping fish
• 岣gǒuname of a hill in Hunan

Characters that look like 佝

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 网wǎngnet; web; network; to net; to catch with a net
• 固gùhard; strong; solid
• 闲xiánenclosure; (variant of 闲; unoccupied
• 沟gōuditch; gutter; groove
• 闹nàonoisy; cacophonous; to make noise
• 伺cìused in 伺候

Sounds the same

Read gōu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 沟ditch; gutter; groove
• 勾to attract; to arouse; to tick
• 钩to hook; to sew; to crochet
• 缑rope attached to a sword hilt; (archaic) hilt; sword
• 篝bamboo frame for drying clothes; bamboo cage
• 枸bent; crooked
• 韝archer's arm guard
• 句variant of 勾
• 鞲variant of 韝