gōu
adjective #47,820

Meanings

  1. 1 hunchbacked; rickety (in 佝偻)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Háizi quēfá wéishēngsù D huì dé gōulóubìng.
Children who lack vitamin D can develop rickets.
HSK 7-9
Lǎorén gōulóu zhe bèi, zǒu de hěn màn.
The old man's back was bent, and he walked slowly.

Tips

usage
is a bound character that almost never stands alone. It appears in 佝偻 ('hunchbacked') and the medical term 佝偻病 ('rickets'), a childhood bone disease from vitamin D or calcium deficiency.

Components

radical
rén
person
The person radical, a side form of . It marks as relating to a human bodily condition, fitting its use in words for a bent, hunched body.
phonetic
sentence; phrase
Supplies the sound. Standalone is read jù, but here it has drifted to gōu; its older curved-shape sense also hints faintly at the bent posture the word describes.

Stroke Order

gōu