Dictionary › 蛊

蛊

gǔ

Character Traditional 蠱

What 蛊 means

1. arch. legendary venomous insect
2. to poison
3. to bewitch
4. to drive to insanity
5. to harm by witchcraft
6. intestinal parasite

Words starting with 蛊

• 蛊惑gǔ huòto entice; to lead astray
• 蛊祝gǔ zhùto curse sb; to place a jinx
• 蛊惑人心gǔ huò rén xīnto stir up public sentiment by false statements (idiom); to resort to demagogy

Words containing 蛊

• 巫蛊wū gǔwitchcraft
• 整蛊zhěng gǔ(slang) to play a prank on (sb)
• 巫蛊之祸wū gǔ zhī huò91 BC attempted coup d'etat against Emperor Wu of Han 汉武帝, beginning with accusations of…
• 病民蛊国bìng mín gǔ guóto damage the people and harm the country (idiom)

Characters that look like 蛊

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

• 盗dàoto steal; to rob; to plunder
• 菌jūngerm; bacteria; fungus
• 盎àng(literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth…
• 盔kuīhelmet
• 庸yōngordinary; to use
• 盏zhǎna small cup; classifier for lamps

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
• 牯bullock; cow
• 钴(chemistry) cobalt (Taiwan pr. gū); used in 钴𬭁gǔ mǔ
• 鹘used in 鹘鸼
• 瞽blind; undiscerning
• 诂to comment; to explain