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CHINESE CHARACTER

gù

顾

顾

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visit

Numbered pinyin
gu4
English meanings
turn round and look at, attend to, look after, take into consideration, visit, call on

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 厄; right 页.

  • Left

    厄
    Explore parts · Enclosed from the upper left
  • Right

    页

Meaning & sound clues

页 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “head”.

厄 is identified as the sound component (è). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 顾.

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

Decomposition reference

⿰厄页

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

    zhàogu照顾。

    Take care.

  2. 02

    zhǐgù只顾zìjǐ自己。

    Only think of oneself.

  3. 03

    gùkè顾客。

    Customers.

  4. 04

    gùbushàng顾不上。

    No time to care.

  5. 05

    huígù回顾。

    Look back.

  6. 06

    gùlǜ顾虑。

    Concerns.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 不顾
  • 光顾
  • 兼顾
  • 只顾
  • 后顾之忧
  • 回顾
  • 左顾右盼
  • 照顾
  • 顾不上
  • 顾不得
  • 顾全大局
  • 顾及
  • 顾客
  • 顾虑
  • 顾问