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筘

kòu

Character

What 筘 means

1. (a measure of width of cloth)

Characters built on 竹

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

• 筹chóuchip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds)…
• 篝gōubamboo frame for drying clothes; bamboo cage
• 篓lǒubasket
• 笱gǒubasket for trapping fish
• 篼dōubamboo, rattan or wicker basket; sedan chair for mountain use (Cantonese)
• 篌hóuused in 箜篌

Sounds the same

Read kòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 扣to fasten; to button; button
• 寇to invade; to plunder; bandit
• 叩to knock; to kowtow
• 蔻used in 豆蔻
• 簆healds of a loom
• 怐used in 怐愗
• 鷇fledglings
• 佝used in 佝瞀