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枸

gōu

Character

What 枸 means

1. bent
2. crooked

Other readings

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

• gǒuused in {枸骨|gǒu gǔ}; used in {枸杞|gǒu qǐ}
• jǔused in {枸橼|jǔ yuán}

Words starting with 枸

• 枸杞gǒu qǐwolfberry (Lycium chinense); genus Lycium
• 枸橘gōu jútrifoliate orange (Citrus trifoliata)
• 枸骨gǒu gǔChinese holly (Ilex cornuta)
• 枸杞子gǒu qǐ zǐgoji berry
• 枸橼jǔ yuáncitron (Citrus medica)

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
• 佝gōuused in 佝偻; Taiwan pr. kòu
• 笱gǒubasket for trapping fish
• 岣gǒuname of a hill in Hunan

Characters that look like 枸

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

• 构gòuto construct; to form; to make up
• 拘jūto capture; to restrain; to constrain
• 狗gǒudog
• 柜guìcupboard; cabinet; wardrobe
• 桐tóngtree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)
• 绚xuànadorned; swift; gorgeous

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
• 佝used in 佝偻; Taiwan pr. kòu
• 韝archer's arm guard
• 句variant of 勾
• 鞲variant of 韝