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蛊
蠱
gǔ
1. arch. legendary venomous insect
2. to poison
3. to bewitch
4. to drive to insanity
5. to harm by witchcraft
6. intestinal parasite
Common • Top 21%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

蛊
gǔ
poison, venom; to bewitch, to harm
11 丶

Compound Words (6)

巫蛊
wūgǔ
witchcraft
蛊惑
gǔhuò
to poison
蛊祝
gǔzhù
to curse sb
巫蛊之祸
wūgǔzhīhuò
91 BC attempted coup d'etat against Emperor Wu of Han [[漢武帝|汉武帝]], beginning with accusations of witchcraft
病民蛊国
bìngmíngǔguó
to damage the people and harm the country (idiom)
蛊惑人心
gǔhuòrénxīn
to stir up public sentiment by false statements (idiom)

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Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,807
Word Frequency Rank
17,473 of 84,292

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