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蛄

gǔ

Character

What 蛄 means

1. used in {蝲蛄|là gǔ}
2. used in {蝲蝲蛄|là là gǔ}

Other readings

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

• gūsee {蝼蛄|lóu gū}

Words containing 蛄

• 虾蛄xiā gūmantis shrimp
• 蝼蛄lóu gūmole cricket; Gryllolaptaptidae, family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera…
• 蝼蛄科lóu gū kēGryllolaptaptidae family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera; mole crickets
• 蝲蛄là gǔcrayfish
• 蝲蝲蛄là là gǔmole cricket
• 蟪蛄huì gūPlatypleura kaempferi, a kind of cicada
• 蟪蛄不知春秋huì gū bù zhī chūn qiū"the short-lived cicada knows nothing of spring or autumn" (from the Zhuangzi 庄子
• 拉拉蛄là là gǔvariant of 蝲蝲蛄

Characters built on 古

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

• 估gūto estimate
• 居jūto reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up
• 故gùhappening; instance; reason
• 固gùhard; strong; solid
• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 胡húnon-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 姑gūpaternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old)
• 辜gūcrime; sin

Sounds the same

Read gǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 股thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (finance) stock; share
• 古ancient; old; paleo-
• 鼓drum; to drum; to strike
• 骨bone
• 谷grain; corn
• 贾merchant; to buy
• 汩confused; extinguished; (onomatopoeia) used in 汩汩
• 蛊arch. legendary venomous insect; to poison; to bewitch
• 牯bullock; cow
• 钴(chemistry) cobalt (Taiwan pr. gū); used in 钴𬭁gǔ mǔ
• 鹘used in 鹘鸼
• 瞽blind; undiscerning