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
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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)