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crime, offense, sin
🔤 Pictophonetic: 辛 (bitter) provides meaning, 古 provides pronunciation
HSK 6 ✏️ 12 strokes Common • Top 26%

Words Using 辜 (9)

无辜
wúgū
HSK 6
innocent / innocence / not guilty (law)
辜负
gūfù
HSK 6
to fail to live up (to expectations) / unworthy (of trust) / to let down / to betray (hopes) / to disappoint
crime / sin
surname Gu
辜鸿铭
GūHóngmíng
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
滥杀无辜
lànshāwúgū
willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom)
辜振甫
GūZhènfǔ
Koo Chen-fu (1917-2005), Taiwanese businessman and diplomat
死有余辜
sǐyǒuyúgū
death cannot wipe out the crimes (idiom); dreadful crimes that rankled even after the perpetrator is dead
伤及无辜
shāngjíwúgū
to harm the innocent (idiom)