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觚

gū
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 an ancient ridged bronze drinking vessel
  2. 2 an edge or corner
  3. 3 writing tablet (archaic)

Examples

博物馆展出一件商代青铜觚。
Bówùguǎn zhǎnchū yí jiàn Shāngdài qīngtóng gū.
The museum displays a bronze gu wine vessel from the Shang dynasty.
孔子叹道：「觚不觚，觚哉！」
Kǒngzǐ tàn dào ：「 gū bù gū, gū zāi ！」
Confucius sighed: 'A gu that is no longer a gu, is it really a gu?'

Tips

culture
A tall, ridged bronze wine cup of the Shang and Zhou. Confucius's line 觚不觚 ('a gu that isn't a gu') laments things losing their proper form when names no longer match reality.

Components

radical
角 jiǎo
horn; (here) drinking-vessel element
Left-side horn radical 角. Early drinking cups were made from animal horns, so vessel names like this take the horn radical.
phonetic
瓜 guā
melon; (here) sound
Right side 瓜 supplies the sound (gū from guā); the same phonetic appears in 孤 and 弧.

Stroke Order

觚 gū