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牯

gǔ
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 a cow
  2. 2 a castrated bull; bullock

Examples

HSK 6
牛圈里有几头牯牛。
Niú quān lǐ yǒu jǐ tóu gǔ niú.
There were several bullocks in the cattle pen.
HSK 7-9
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.

Tips

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

Components

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.

Stroke Order

牯 gǔ