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毂

gū

Character Traditional 轂

What 毂 means

1. used in {毂辘|gū lu}

Other readings

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

• gǔthe hub of wheel

Words starting with 毂

• 毂盖gǔ gàihubcap
• 毂辘gū luvariant of 轱辘

Words containing 毂

• 华毂huá gǔdecorated carriage
• 轮毂lún gǔhub of a wheel; the whole metal part of a wheel; "rim"
• 轮毂罩lún gǔ zhàohubcap

Characters built on 车

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

• 输shūto lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute
• 库kùwarehouse; storehouse; (file) library
• 辅fǔto assist; to complement; auxiliary
• 辐fúspoke of a wheel
• 舆yú(literary) chassis of a carriage…
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳
• 轱gūused in 轱辘
• 轳lúused in 辘轳

Characters that look like 毂

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

• 散sànto scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse
• 鲑guītrout; salmon
• 骷kūused in 骷髅
• 骰tóudice
• 锭dìng(weaving) spindle; ingot; pressed cake of medicine etc
• 觎yúto desire passionately

Sounds the same

Read gū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 估to estimate
• 姑paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old)
• 孤lone; lonely
• 辜crime; sin
• 骨used in 骨碌碌; used in 骨碌; used in 骨朵
• 菇(bound form) mushroom
• 箍hoop; to bind with hoops
• 咕(onomatopoeia) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc
• 沽to buy; to sell
• 呱used in 呱呱; Taiwan pr. wā
• 鸪partridge; Francolinus chinensis
• 轱used in 轱辘