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帼

幗
guó
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 an ancient women's headdress or hair-cloth
  2. 2 (by extension) women; the female sex

Examples

她真是巾帼英雄。
Tā zhēnshì jīnguó yīngxióng.
She is truly a heroine among women.
巾帼不让须眉。
Jīnguó búràng xūméi.
Women are in no way inferior to men.

Tips

culture
帼 was a cloth head-covering worn by women in ancient times, so 巾帼 ('kerchief and headdress') came to stand for women themselves. The set phrase 巾帼英雄 means 'a heroine'.

Components

radical
巾 jīn
cloth; kerchief
The cloth radical 巾 on the left carries the meaning, the word names a piece of head-cloth worn by women.
phonetic
国 guó
country
国 supplies the sound guó exactly; here it is purely phonetic and lends no meaning.

Stroke Order

帼 guó