牯 (gǔ): a cow

Meanings

老农夫牵着一头牯牛去耕地。

Lǎo nóngfū qiān zhe yì tóu gǔ niú qù gēngdì.

The old farmer led a bullock to plough the field.

牛圈里有几头牯牛。

Niú quān lǐ yǒu jǐ tóu gǔ niú.

There were several bullocks in the cattle pen.

usage

牯 usually appears as 牯牛, a regional and rural word for an ox or castrated bull used for ploughing.

radical

牛 niú

ox; cattle

牛 is the ox radical in its left-side form, marking 牯 as a kind of cattle.

phonetic

古 gǔ

ancient; old

古 gives the exact sound gǔ and carries no meaning in 牯. The same phonetic appears in 估, 姑, and 故.

牯 gǔ