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寇

kòu

Character

What 寇 means

1. to invade
2. to plunder
3. bandit
4. foe
5. enemy

Other readings

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

• kòuold variant of {寇|kòu}
• kòuold variant of {寇|kòu}

Words starting with 寇

• 寇准Kòu ZhǔnKou Zhun (961-1023), Northern Song politician and poet
• 寇攘kòu rǎngto rob and steal
• 寇比力克Kòu bǐ lì kèsee 库布里克

Words containing 寇

• 倭寇Wō kòuJapanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century)
• 司寇sī kòuminister of criminal justice (official rank in imperial China)
• 流寇liú kòuroving bandit; rebel band
• 穷寇qióng kòucornered enemy
• 草寇cǎo kòubandits
• 落草为寇luò cǎo wéi kòu(idiom) to take to the woods to become an outlaw
• 视如寇仇shì rú kòu chóuto regard as an enemy
• 胜者王侯败者寇shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòuthe winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)…
• 成则为王，败则为寇chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòulit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)…
• 成王败寇chéng wáng bài kòusee 成則為王，成则为王，败则为寇
• 成者为王，败者为寇chéng zhě wéi wáng , bài zhě wéi kòusee 成則為王，成则为王，败则为寇

Characters that look like 寇

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

• 烧shāoto burn; to set on fire; to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc); to braise
• 症zhèngdisease; illness
• 渥wòto enrich; to moisten
• 戚qī(bound form) relatives; kin; (bound form) grief; sorrow; (old) battle-axe
• 痘dòupimple; pustule
• 崴wǎito sprain (one's ankle); see 崴子

Sounds the same

Read kòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 扣to fasten; to button; button
• 叩to knock; to kowtow
• 蔻used in 豆蔻
• 簆healds of a loom
• 筘(a measure of width of cloth)
• 怐used in 怐愗
• 鷇fledglings
• 佝used in 佝瞀