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谷

gǔ

HSK 6 Character Traditional 穀

What 谷 means

1. grain
2. corn

Other readings

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

• gǔvalley
• Gǔsurname Gu

Example sentences

• 他画了谷仓。
  Tā huà le gǔcāng.
  He painted the barn.
• 燕妮跌到谷底。
  Yànnī diē dào gǔdǐ.
  Yanni hit rock bottom.
• 我每天都用谷歌。
  Wǒ měitiān dōu yòng Gǔgē.
  I use Google every day.
• 曼谷是泰国的首都。
  Màngǔ shì Tàiguó de shǒudū.
  Bangkok is Thailand's capital.
• 这种鸟被称为布谷鸟。
  Zhèzhǒng niǎo bèi chēngwéi bùgǔ niǎo.
  This bird is known as a cuckoo.
• 你得在涉谷换乘火车。
  Nǐ děi zài Shègǔ huànchéng huǒchē.
  You have to change trains at Shibuya.

Words starting with 谷

• 谷子gǔ zimillet; (anime/games) collectible merch (loanword from "goods", via Japanese "guzzu")
• 谷底gǔ dǐvalley floor; (fig.) lowest ebb; all-time low
• 谷物gǔ wùcereal; grain
• 谷地gǔ dìvalley
• 谷仓gǔ cāngbarn
• 谷神gǔ shénharvest God
• 谷草gǔ cǎostraw
• 谷类gǔ lèicereal; grain
• 谷口Gǔ kǒuTaniguchi (Japanese surname)
• 谷歌Gǔ gēGoogle, Internet company and search engine
• 谷神星Gǔ shén xīngCeres, dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, discovered in 1801 by…
• 谷雨Gǔ yǔGuyu or Grain Rain, 6th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 20th April-4th May
• 谷城县Gǔ chéng XiànGucheng, a county in Xiangyang City 襄阳市
• 谷粒gǔ lìgrain (of cereal)
• 谷壳gǔ kéhusk (of rice etc); chaff
• 谷梁Gǔ liángtwo-character surname Guliang; abbr. for 谷梁传
• 谷梁传Gǔ liáng ZhuànGuliang Annals, commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
• 谷氨酸gǔ ān suānglutamic acid (Glu), an amino acid
• 谷饲gǔ sìgrain-fed
• 谷氨酸钠gǔ ān suān nàmonosodium glutamate (MSG) (E621)
• 谷氨酰胺gǔ ān xiān ànglutamine (Gln), an amino acid
• 谷穗gǔ suìear of grain; gerbe (used on coats of arms)
• 谷糠gǔ kānggrain chaff
• 谷城Gǔ chéngsee 谷城县

Words containing 谷

• 峡谷xiá gǔcanyon; gill; ravine
• 稻谷dào gǔunhusked rice; paddy
• 山谷shān gǔvalley; ravine
• 曼谷Màn gǔBangkok, capital of Thailand
• 硅谷Guī gǔSilicon Valley
• 河谷hé gǔriver valley
• 低谷dī gǔvalley; trough (as opposed to peaks); fig. low point
• 深谷shēn gǔdeep valley; ravine
• 五谷wǔ gǔfive crops, e.g. millet 粟; all crops; all grains
• 幽谷yōu gǔdeep valley
• 平谷区Píng gǔ QūPinggu, a district of Beijing
• 包谷bāo gǔ(dialect) corn; maize
• 布谷bù gǔcuckoo
• 打谷dǎ gǔto thresh
• 波谷bō gǔtrough
• 全谷物quán gǔ wùwhole grain
• 太谷区Tài gǔ QūTaigu, a district of Jinzhong City 晋中市
• 山谷市Shān gǔ ShìThe Valley, capital of Anguilla (a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean)
• 打谷场dǎ gǔ chángthreshing floor
• 打谷机dǎ gǔ jīthreshing machine
• 最低谷zuì dī gǔlowest point; nadir
• 杂谷脑Zá gǔ nǎoZagunao River in Sichuan, tributary of the Min River 岷江
• 马尔谷Mǎ ěr gǔMark; St Mark the evangelist; less common variant of 马克
• 哈巴谷书Hā bā gǔ shūBook of Habakkuk

Characters that look like 谷

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

• 英yīnghero; outstanding; excellent
• 届jièto arrive at (place or time); period; to become due
• 吞tūnto swallow; to take
• 妾qièconcubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
• 坂bǎnvariant of 阪
• 吝lìn(bound form) stingy

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
• 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
• 诂to comment; to explain