古 gǔ ancient
Made up of [十 shí ten; 10 radical 24, 口 kǒu mouth radical 30]Used as component 古 in :故 gù ; 克 kè ; 姑 gū ; 估 gū ; 固 gù ; 苦 kǔ ; 湖 hú ; 胡 hú ; 居 jū
Made with 5 strokes.
Ten mouths representing transmission through ten generations hence ancient
Ancient small seal form 
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Also uses 十 shí component: 半 bàn (half) 德 dé (virtue) 盾 dùn (shield) 华 huá (splendid) 卖 mài (sell) 南 nán (south) 啤 pí (hops) 什 shén (what) 午 wǔ (noon) 载 zài (to carry) 早 zǎo (early) 直 zhí (straight) 支 zhī (to support)
Also uses 口 kǒu component: 吧 bā (supposition or suggestion) 唱 chàng (to sing) 超 chāo (to exceed) 吃 chī (to eat) 船 chuán (boat) 啡 fēi (coffee) 富 fù (rich) 福 fú (good fortune) 告 gào (to tell) 各 gè (each) 宫 gōng (palace) 狗 gǒu (dog) 咳 hāi (sound of sighing) 号 hào (name) 和 hé (together) 合 hé (to close) 喝 hē (drink) 亨 hēng (prosperous) 后 hòu (behind) 回 huí (to circle) 或 huò (maybe) 吉 jí (lucky) 叫 jiào (called) 京 jīng (capital) 咎 jiù (fault) 句 jù (sentence) 局 jú (office) 君 jūn (monarch) 咖 kā (coffee) 可 kě (can) 另 lìng (other) 吗 mǎ (?) 命 mìng (life) 名 míng (name) 鸣 míng (to call (birds)) 呢 ne (and you?) 啤 pí (hops) 品 pǐn (article) 如 rú (as) 尚 shàng (still) 事 shì (matter) 史 shǐ (history) 虽 suī (although) 台 tái (typhoon) 唐 táng (Tang) 听 tīng (to listen) 同 tóng (same) 问 wèn (ask) 喜 xǐ (to be fond of) 兄 xiōng (elder brother) 咬 yǎo (to bite) 右 yòu (right) 语 yǔ (language) 员 yuán (person) 曰 yuē (to speak) 占 zhān (to observe) 只 zhī (one) 知 zhī (to know) 周 zhōu (circuit) 足 zú (foot)
Sounds same
蛊 gǔ 谷 gǔ (valley)Different tone
姑 gū (paternal aunt) 估 gū (estimate) 故 gù (happening) 固 gù (hard)Pronunciation
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