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梏

gù

Character

What 梏 means

1. braces (med.)
2. fetters
3. manacles

Words containing 梏

• 桎梏zhì gù(literary) shackles

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
• 鹄gǔcenter or bull's eye of an archery target (old); goal; target
• 喾Kùone of the five legendary emperors, also called 高辛氏

Characters that look like 梏

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

• 格gésquare; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)…
• 梅méiplum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
• 桂guìcassia; laurel
• 捂wǔto enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair)
• 梧wúSterculia platanifolia
• 蛞kuòused in 蛞蝼; used in 蛞蝓

Sounds the same

Read gù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 顾to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
• 故happening; instance; reason
• 固hard; strong; solid
• 雇to employ; to hire; to rent
• 估used in 估衣
• 锢obstinate disease; to restrain; to stop
• 痼obstinate disease; (of passion, hobbies) long-term
• 崮steep-sided flat-topped mountain; mesa; (element in mountain names)
• 凅dried up; dry; exhausted
• 堌place name
• 牿shed or pen for cattle
• 鲴Xenocypris, genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia