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诟

gòu

Character Traditional 詬

What 诟 means

1. disgrace
2. to revile

Words starting with 诟

• 诟病gòu bìngto denounce; to castigate
• 诟骂gòu màto revile; to abuse verbally

Words containing 诟

• 嗔诟chēn gòuto berate; to curse in rage
• 尤诟yóu gòushame; disgrace
• 攘诟rǎng gòuto clear oneself of dishonor

Characters built on 后

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

• 垢gòudirt; disgrace
• 逅hòuused in 邂逅
• 骺hóu(anatomy) epiphysis

Characters that look like 诟

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

• 该gāishould; ought to; probably
• 话huàdialect; language; spoken words
• 语yǔdialect; language; speech
• 诚chéng(bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
• 恬tiánquiet; calm; tranquil
• 诘jié(bound form) to question closely; to interrogate

Sounds the same

Read gòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 够enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (colloquial) (before adj.) really
• 购to buy; to purchase
• 构to construct; to form; to make up
• 垢dirt; disgrace
• 勾used in 勾当
• 媾to marry; to copulate
• 彀to draw a bow to the full; the range of a bow and arrow; old variant of 够
• 遘meet unexpectedly
• 姤copulate; good
• 冓inner rooms of palace; ten billions
• 觏complete; meet unexpectedly; see
• 雊crowing of pheasant