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钴

gǔ

cobalt; clothes-iron

🔤 Pictophonetic: 钅 (metal) provides meaning, 古 provides pronunciation

HSK 10 strokes Uncommon (48%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

old, classic, ancient

⿰钅古 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

jīn

钅

gold, metal; money

📷 Pictographic: A cast-iron bell; compare 金

5 strokes

gǔ

古

old, classic, ancient

💡 Ideographic: Words passing through ten 十 mouths 口

5 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 钴 (3)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

(literary) clothes iron

gǔmǔ

钴鉧 ↗

(literary) clothes iron