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辜

gū

crime, offense, sin

🔤 Pictophonetic: 辛 (bitter) provides meaning, 古 provides pronunciation
HSK 6 12 strokes Common (26%)
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Component Breakdown

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古
gǔ
old, classic, ancient
辛
xīn
bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem
⿱古辛 i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

gǔ
古
old, classic, ancient
💡 Ideographic: Words passing through ten 十 mouths 口
5 strokes HSK 5
xīn
辛
bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem
📷 Pictographic: A hot iron used to brand prisoners and slaves
7 strokes HSK 4

Words Using 辜 (9)

wúgū
无辜 ↗
HSK 6
innocent / innocence / not guilty (law)
gūfù
辜负 ↗
HSK 6
to fail to live up (to expectations) / unworthy (of trust) / to let down / to betray (hopes) / to disappoint
gū
辜 ↗
crime / sin
Gū
辜 ↗
surname Gu
shāngjíwúgū
伤及无辜 ↗
to harm the innocent (idiom)
GūHóngmíng
辜鸿铭 ↗
Ku Hung-ming or Gu Hongming (1857-1928), Malaysian man of letters, highly regarded for his literary works written mostly in English, and known for his monarchist views
sǐyǒuyúgū
死有余辜 ↗
death cannot wipe out the crimes (idiom); dreadful crimes that rankled even after the perpetrator is dead
lànshāwúgū
滥杀无辜 ↗
willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom)
GūZhènfǔ
辜振甫 ↗
Koo Chen-fu (1917-2005), Taiwanese businessman and diplomat