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喾

Kù

Character Traditional 嚳

What 喾 means

1. one of the five legendary emperors, also called {高辛氏|Gāo xīn shì}

Words containing 喾

• 帝喾Dì KùDi Ku or Emperor Ku, one of the Five Legendary Emperors 五帝

Characters built on 告

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

• 酷kùruthless; strong (e.g. of wine); (loanword) cool
• 梏gùbraces (med.); fetters; manacles
• 鹄gǔcenter or bull's eye of an archery target (old); goal; target

Sounds the same

Read Kù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 裤underpants; trousers; pants
• 库warehouse; storehouse; (file) library
• 酷ruthless; strong (e.g. of wine); (loanword) cool
• 绔variant of 裤