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辜

gū

HSK 6 Character

What 辜 means

1. crime
2. sin

Other readings

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

• Gūsurname Gu

Example sentences

• 他当然是无辜的。
  Of course he's innocent.
• 他说他是无辜的。
  He said he was innocent.
• 她假设他是无辜的。
  Tā jiǎshè tā shì wúgū de.
  She presumes him to be innocent.
• 我坚信他是无辜的。
  Wǒ jiānxìn tā shì wúgū de.
  I have a firm belief in his innocence.
• 胜声称他是无辜的。
  Shèng shēngchēng tā shì wúgū de.
  Masaru claims that he is innocent.
• 我敢说他是无辜的。
  I dare say he is innocent.

Words starting with 辜

• 辜负gū fùto fail to live up (to expectations); unworthy (of trust); to let down
• 辜鸿铭Gū Hóng míngKu Hung-ming or Gu Hongming (1857–1928), Malaysian writer known for his English-language…
• 辜振甫Gū Zhèn fǔKoo Chen-fu (1917-2005), Taiwanese businessman and diplomat

Words containing 辜

• 无辜wú gūinnocent; innocence; not guilty (law)
• 伤及无辜shāng jí wú gūto harm the innocent (idiom)
• 死有余辜sǐ yǒu yú gū(idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment
• 滥杀无辜làn shā wú gūwillfully slaughter the innocent (idiom)

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)
• 枯kū(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring

Characters that look like 辜

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

• 善shàngood (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed
• 幕mùcurtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general
• 募mùto canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
• 屡lǚtime and again; repeatedly; frequently
• 晷guǐsundial
• 蓦mòleap on or over; suddenly

Sounds the same

Read gū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 估to estimate
• 姑paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old)
• 孤lone; lonely
• 骨used in 骨碌碌; used in 骨碌; used in 骨朵
• 菇(bound form) mushroom
• 箍hoop; to bind with hoops
• 咕(onomatopoeia) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc
• 沽to buy; to sell
• 呱used in 呱呱; Taiwan pr. wā
• 毂used in 毂辘
• 鸪partridge; Francolinus chinensis
• 轱used in 轱辘