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辜
gū
1. crime
2. sin
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

辜
gū
crime, offense, sin
HSK 6 12 丶

Compound Words (7)

无辜
wúgū
innocent
HSK 6
辜负
gūfù
to fail to live up (to expectations)
HSK 6
辜振甫
GūZhènfǔ
Koo Chen-fu (1917-2005), Taiwanese businessman and diplomat
辜鸿铭
GūHóngmíng
Ku Hung-ming or Gu Hongming (1857-1928), Malaysian man of letters, highly regarded for his literary works written mostly in English, and known for his monarchist views
伤及无辜
shāngjíwúgū
to harm the innocent (idiom)
死有余辜
sǐyǒuyúgū
death cannot wipe out the crimes (idiom); dreadful crimes that rankled even after the perpetrator is dead
滥杀无辜
lànshāwúgū
willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom)

Alternate Entries

辜
Gū
surname Gu

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,595
Word Frequency Rank
2,448 of 84,292

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