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鹄

gǔ

swan

🔤 Pictophonetic: 鸟 (bird) provides meaning, 告 provides pronunciation

HSK 12 strokes Uncommon (43%)

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告

gào

to tell, to inform, to announce; to accuse

鸟

niǎo

bird

⿰告鸟 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

gào

告

to tell, to inform, to announce; to accuse

💡 Ideographic: To speak 口 with the force of an ox 牛

7 strokes HSK 2

niú

牛

ox, cow, bull

📷 Pictographic: An ox's horned head

4 strokes HSK 2

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

niǎo

鸟

bird

📷 Pictographic: Simplified form of 烏, a bird

5 strokes HSK 3

Words Using 鹄 (9)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

鸿鹄 ↗

hónghú

swan / person with noble aspirations

hónghú

鸿鹄 ↗

swan / person with noble aspirations

鹄 ↗

gǔ

center or bull's eye of an archery target (old) / goal / target

gǔ

鹄 ↗

center or bull's eye of an archery target (old) / goal / target

to respectfully await / to look forward to

húhòu

鹄候 ↗

to respectfully await / to look forward to

鹄的 ↗

gǔdì

bull's-eye / target / objective

gǔdì

鹄的 ↗

bull's-eye / target / objective

刻鹄类鹜 ↗

kèhúlèiwù

to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) / to fail utterly in trying to copy something / to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result

kèhúlèiwù

刻鹄类鹜 ↗

to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) / to fail utterly in trying to copy something / to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result

燕雀安知鸿鹄之志 ↗

yànquèānzhīhónghúzhīzhì

lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) / fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?

yànquèānzhīhónghúzhīzhì

燕雀安知鸿鹄之志 ↗

lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) / fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?

燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志 ↗

yànquèyānzhīhónggǔzhīzhì

lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?

yànquèyānzhīhónggǔzhīzhì

燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志 ↗

lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?