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寡
guǎ
1. few
2. scant
3. widowed
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 14 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

寡
guǎ
widowed; friendless, alone
14 丶

Compound Words (20)

多寡
duōguǎ
number
众寡
zhòngguǎ
the many or the few
守寡
shǒuguǎ
to live as widow
孤寡
gūguǎ
orphans and widows
寡人
guǎrén
I (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility)
寡助
guǎzhù
finding little support
寡妇
guǎfu
widow
寡居
guǎjū
to live as a widow
寡情
guǎqíng
heartless
寡淡
guǎdàn
insipid
寡言
guǎyán
taciturn
寡陋
guǎlòu
having little knowledge
寡头
guǎtóu
oligarch
守活寡
shǒuhuóguǎ
to stay at home while one's husband is away
淡泊寡味
dànbóguǎwèi
insipid and tasteless (idiom)
众寡悬殊
zhòngguǎxuánshū
the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered
红寡妇鸟
HóngGuǎfuniǎo
Red Bishop
索然寡味
suǒránguǎwèi
dull and insipid
落落寡交
luòluòguǎjiāo
aloof and as a result friendless (idiom)
落落寡合
luòluòguǎhé
aloof

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Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,267
Word Frequency Rank
4,465 of 84,292

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