■ radical

gǔ

old

How it’s built

Origin unclear. Possibly a pictograph of a shield.

Through the ages

Oracle bone script

Bronze script

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 古 as a component, most common first.

故gùreason 苦kǔbitter 居jūto live 胡húrecklessly 固gùto solidify 姑gūfather's sister 估gūmerchant 咕gūmumble 辜gūcrime 沽gūto buy and sell 骷kūskeleton 钴gǔcobalt 鈷gǔcobalt

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