1. 姑

姑

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  1. 姑 is the 992nd most frequent character.
  2. 姑 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 姑 appears as a character in 27 words.
  4. 姑 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
姑 => 女, 古
Radical :
姑 => 女 (woman), 十 (ten), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
姑 => ㇛, 一, 丿, 一, 丨, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gu1 - paternal aunt/husband's sister/husband's mother (old)/nun/for the time being (literary)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 姑 (gu1): The component 女 is pronounced as 'ru3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 姑 (gu1): The component 古 is pronounced as 'gu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

姑娘 

Medium Frequency

大姑 
姑 
姑姑 
姑妈 (姑媽)
灰姑娘 

Appears In:

姑 also appears in:
菇
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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