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篝

gōu

Character

What 篝 means

1. bamboo frame for drying clothes
2. bamboo cage

Words starting with 篝

• 篝火gōu huǒbonfire
• 篝火狐鸣gōu huǒ hú míngto tell fox ghost stories around a bonfire and incite rebellion…

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)…
• 篓lǒubasket
• 笱gǒubasket for trapping fish
• 筘kòu(a measure of width of cloth)
• 篼dōubamboo, rattan or wicker basket; sedan chair for mountain use (Cantonese)
• 篌hóuused in 箜篌

Characters that look like 篝

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

• 翼yìwing; area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist
• 蕉jiāobanana
• 篱lía fence
• 蕙huìCoumarouna odorata
• 蕈xùnmold; mushroom
• 薏yìsee 薏苡

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