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郭

guō

Character

What 郭 means

1. outer city wall

Other readings

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

• Guōsurname Guo

Example sentences

• 其鄄城、东阿、范县三处，赖荀彧、程昱二人设计相连，死守城郭。
  At Juancheng, Dong'e, and Fan counties, thanks to the strategic planning of Xun Yu and Cheng Yu, the locations were connected, and the cities were defended to the death.

Words starting with 郭

• 郭沫若Guō Mò ruòGuo Moruo (1892-1978), writer, communist party intellectual and cultural apparatchik
• 郭敬明Guō Jìng míngGuo Jingming (1983-), Chinese young-adult fiction writer and teen pop idol
• 郭晶晶Guō Jīng jīngGuo Jingjing (1981-), Chinese female diver and Olympic gold medalist
• 郭城guō chéngouter city wall
• 郭泉Guō QuánGuo Quan, formerly Professor of Nanjing Normal University, sacked after founding New…
• 郭台铭Guō Tái MíngGuo "Terry" Taiming (1950-), prominent Taiwanese businessman, founder of Foxconn
• 郭子仪Guō Zǐ yíGuo Ziyi (697–781), Tang dynasty general who helped suppress the An Lushan Rebellion and…
• 郭小川Guō Xiǎo chuānGuo Xiaochuan (1919-1976), PRC communist poet, hero in the war with Japan, died after…
• 郭居静Guō Jū jìngLazzaro Cattaneo (1560-1640), Italian Jesuit missionary in China
• 郭永怀Guō Yǒng huáiGuo Yonghuai (1909-1968), Chinese aviation pioneer
• 郭茂倩Guō Mào qiànGuo Maoqian (11th century), Song dynasty editor of the Collection of Yuefu Songs and…
• 郭嵩焘Guō Sōng tāoGuo Songtao (1818–1891), Chinese statesman and diplomat, served as minister to Britain…

Words containing 郭

• 南郭Nán guōtwo-character surname Nanguo
• 城郭chéng guōa city wall
• 东郭Dōng guōtwo-character surname Dongguo
• 耳郭ěr guōouter ear; auricle; pinna
• 吴郭鱼wú guō yú(Taiwan) tilapia
• 外郭城wài guō chéngouter city wall
• 锡林郭勒盟Xī lín guō lè MéngXilingol, league in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 内蒙古自治区
• 霍林郭勒市Huò lín guō lè ShìHolingol, a county-level city in Tongliao City 通辽市
• 前郭尔罗斯蒙古族自治县Qián guō ěr Luó sī Měng gǔ zú Zì zhì xiànQian Gorlos Mongol Autonomous County, in Songyuan City 松原市
• 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州Bā yīn guō léng Měng gǔ Zì zhì zhōuBayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆维吾尔自治区
• 前郭尔Qián guō ěrsee 前郭尔罗斯蒙古族自治县
• 前郭县Qián guō Xiànsee 前郭尔罗斯蒙古族自治县
• 前郭尔县Qián guō ěr Xiànsee 前郭尔罗斯蒙古族自治县
• 锡林郭勒Xī lín guō lèsee 锡林郭勒盟
• 霍林郭勒Huò lín guō lèsee 霍林郭勒市
• 巴音郭楞Bā yīn guō léngsee 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州
• 巴音郭楞州Bā yīn guō léng Zhōusee 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州

Characters built on 享

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

• 椁guǒouter coffin
• 崞guōname of a mountain

Characters that look like 郭

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

• 部bùministry; department; section
• 都dōuall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already
• 勒lè(literary) bridle; halter; headstall; to rein in; to compel; to force
• 彩cǎi(bright) color; variety; applause
• 郸dānused in place names 邯郸
• 匐fúused in 匍匐

Sounds the same

Read guō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 锅pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing
• 埚crucible
• 涡name of a river
• 聒raucous; clamor; unpleasantly noisy
• 蝈small green cicada or frog (meaning unclear, possibly onom.)…
• 啯sound of swallowing; croak
• 崞name of a mountain
• 𭚦(literary) to draw one's bow to the full; Taiwan pr. kuò
• 过surname Guo
• 呙surname Guo
• 彉variant of 彍