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箍

gū

Character

What 箍 means

1. hoop
2. to bind with hoops

Words starting with 箍

• 箍嘴gū zuǐto muzzle
• 箍子gū zifinger ring (dialect)
• 箍带gū dàistrap
• 箍桶gū tǒnghooped barrel; to handmake a wooden barrel
• 箍紧gū jǐnto fasten tightly with a hoop
• 箍麻gū máto become numb (from being bound too tightly)
• 箍桶匠gū tǒng jiàngcooper; hooper
• 箍桶店gū tǒng diàncoopery
• 箍节儿gū jie rshort length; small section or portion
• 箍煲gū bāo(originally Cantonese) to patch things up with one's spouse or lover…

Words containing 箍

• 紧箍咒jǐn gū zhòuthe Band-tightening Spell (in 西游记; a spell or incantation for controlling sb
• 打箍dǎ gūto hoop; to put a hoop around sth
• 牙箍yá gūorthodontic braces
• 环箍huán gūa hoop
• 袖箍xiù gūarmband
• 轮箍lún gūtire
• 金箍jīn gūgold band
• 针箍zhēn gūthimble
• 铁箍tiě gūiron hoop
• 头箍tóu gūheadband
• 发箍fà gūheadband
• 帽箍儿mào gū rthe ribbon around a cap
• 竹箍儿zhú gū rbamboo hoop; bamboo band
• 红箍儿hóng gū r(northern dialects) red armband
• 金箍棒jīn gū bànggolden cudgel, weapon wielded by Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West 西游记
• 头箍儿tóu gū rerhua form of 头箍
• 胳臂箍儿gē bei gū rarmband
• 筲箍shāo gūto hoop on a basket
• 腿号箍tuǐ hào gūsee 腿号
• 针箍儿zhēn gū rerhua variant of 针箍

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.

• 符fúmark; sign; talisman
• 筑zhùfive-string lute; Taiwan pr. zhú
• 簿bùa book; a register; account-book
• 笃dǔ(bound form) sincere; genuine; (bound form) (of an illness) serious
• 簇cù(bound form) to cluster; to pile up; cluster; pile…
• 竺Zhúsurname Zhu; abbr. for 天竺; (archaic) Buddhism
• 笏hù(old) ceremonial tablet (held by officials at an audience)
• 簌sùused in 簌簌

Characters that look like 箍

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

• 箱xiāngbox; trunk; chest
• 筷kuàichopstick
• 霆tíngclap of thunder
• 撬qiàoto lift; to pry open; to lever open
• 箴zhēnto warn; to admonish; variant of 针
• 蔻kòuused in 豆蔻

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
• 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
• 毂used in 毂辘
• 鸪partridge; Francolinus chinensis
• 轱used in 轱辘