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CHINESE CHARACTER

gǔ

古

古

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ancient

Numbered pinyin
gu3
English meanings
ancient, age-old;not following current customs/practice

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top 十; bottom 口.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿱十口

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    zhè这shì是yī一zuò座gǔ古chéng城。

    This is an ancient city.

  2. 02

    gǔlǎo古老de的jiànzhù建筑。

    Ancient buildings.

  3. 03

    gǔ古shī诗hěn很hǎo好。

    Ancient poems are good.

  4. 04

    hěn很gǔ古de的shíhou时候。

    In ancient times.

  5. 05

    zhè这hěn很gǔlǎo古老。

    This is very old.

  6. 06

    gǔ古huà话shuō说de得hǎo好。

    As the old saying goes.

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