姑 gū paternal aunt; husband's sister; nun

Made up of [女 nǚ female; woman radical 38, 古 gǔ ancient ]
Made with 8 strokes.

The female radical suggests a woman and 'gu' (ancient) is the phonetic

Related characters


Also uses 女 nǚ component: 矮 ǎi (low) 安 ān (peace) ; 妇 fù (woman) ; 好 hǎo (good) ; 婚 hūn (to marry) ; 姐 jiě (elder sister) ; 楼 lóu (multi-story building) ; 妈 mā (mother) ; 妹 mèi (younger sister) ; 奶 nǎi (milk) ; 如 rú (as) ; 始 shǐ (to begin) ; 她 tā (she) ; 妄 wàng (absurd) ; 姓 xìng (surname) ; 要 yào (want)
Also uses 古 gǔ component: 故 gù (happening) 固 gù (hard) ; 估 gū (estimate) ; 湖 hú (lake) ; 胡 hú (beard) ; 居 jū (to reside) ; 克 kè (to be able to) ; 苦 kǔ (bitter)

Sounds same

估 gū (estimate)

Different tone

古 gǔ (ancient) ; 蛊 gǔ ; 谷 gǔ (valley) ; 故 gù (happening) ; 固 gù (hard)

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