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锢

gù

Character Traditional 錮

What 锢 means

1. obstinate disease
2. to restrain
3. to stop

Words starting with 锢

• 锢囚锋gù qiú fēngoccluded front (meteorology)
• 锢漏锅gù lòu guōtinker; artisan who fixes leaky pots

Words containing 锢

• 禁锢jìn gùto confine; to imprison; prohibition
• 囚锢锋qiú gù fēngoccluded front (meteorology)

Characters built on 固

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

• 痼gùobstinate disease; (of passion, hobbies) long-term
• 崮gùsteep-sided flat-topped mountain; mesa; (element in mountain names)

Characters that look like 锢

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

• 锻duànto forge; to discipline; wrought
• 锅guōpot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing
• 锂lǐlithium (chemistry)
• 锚máoanchor
• 锏jiǎnancient weapon like a long solid metal truncheon
• 锶sīstrontium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read gù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 顾to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
• 故happening; instance; reason
• 固hard; strong; solid
• 雇to employ; to hire; to rent
• 估used in 估衣
• 梏braces (med.); fetters; manacles
• 痼obstinate disease; (of passion, hobbies) long-term
• 崮steep-sided flat-topped mountain; mesa; (element in mountain names)
• 凅dried up; dry; exhausted
• 堌place name
• 牿shed or pen for cattle
• 鲴Xenocypris, genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia