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谷
gǔ
1. valley
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

谷
gǔ
valley, gorge, ravine
HSK 6 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

百谷
bǎigǔ
all the grains
矽谷
Xīgǔ
Silicon Valley
硅谷
Guīgǔ
Silicon Valley
禾谷
hégǔ
cereal
簸谷
bǒgǔ
to winnow grain
稻谷
dàogǔ
rice crops
HSK 6
谷仓
gǔcāng
barn
谷子
gǔzi
millet
谷梁
Gǔliáng
surname Guliang
崖谷
yágǔ
valley
谷歌
Gǔgē
variant of [[谷歌<Gǔgē>]]
谷壳
gǔké
husk of grain
川谷
chuāngǔ
Job's tears (Coix lacryma)
谷类
gǔlèi
cereal
谷物
gǔwù
cereal
谷神
gǔshén
harvest God
布谷
bùgǔ
(onom.) cuckoo
谷穗
gǔsuì
ear of grain
谷粒
gǔlì
grain (of cereal)
谷糠
gǔkāng
grain chaff

Alternate Entries

谷
gǔ
grain / corn
谷
Gǔ
surname Gu

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,094
Word Frequency Rank
2,156 of 84,292
Radical Number
150