Chinese mnemonics and annotator
Matthews
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谷 gǔ valley
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#486a
Chapter-26
7 strokes
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Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles
| 谷 |
Ku is composed of 禾 ho grain as radical, and a phonetic. It stands for cereals in general, and comes to have such meanings as alive, happy, which are apparently based upon the possession of grain. |
Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)
谷
穀
gǔ
grain/corn
谷
gǔ
valley/surname Gu
Phrases ending with the given character
大大dà
峡峽xiá
谷谷gǔ
great valley/Grand Canyon of Colorado River
大dà
裂liè
谷gǔ
great rift valley
暾暾tūn
欲欲yù
谷穀gǔ
Tonyukuk (died c. 724 AD)
曾zēng
孝xiào
谷gǔ
Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style
最zuì
低dī
谷gǔ
lowest point/nadir
马馬mǎ
尔爾ěr
谷谷gǔ
Mark/St Mark the evangelist/less common variant of 馬克|马克[Ma3 ke4] preferred by the Catholic church