Depicts a hand holding a weapon (攴) attacking a person (元) inside a building (宀). Based on the original meaning, "to commit violence". The meaning later shifted to "invade", "enemy" and "bandits".
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Historical Evolution
寇
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
寇
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
寇
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
寇
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
寇
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
寇
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
寇
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
寇
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
寇
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
寇
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
寇
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
寇
Regular
Modern
Chinese
寇 [kòu]
to invade; to plunder; bandit; foe; enemy
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
寇 こう
Kō surname
CHINESE WORDS (23)
倭寇 [Wōkòu] #26,374
Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century)
流寇 [liúkòu] #40,171
roving bandit
寇准 [KòuZhǔn] #52,502
Kou Zhun (961-1023), Northern Song politician and poet
寇准 [KòuZhǔn] #52,502
Kou Zhun (961-1023), Northern Song politician and poet
穷寇 [qióngkòu] #52,541
cornered enemy
穷寇 [qióngkòu] #52,541
cornered enemy
草寇 [cǎokòu] #57,305
bandits
司寇 [Sīkòu] #57,932
two-character surname Sikou
胜者王侯败者寇 [shèngzhěwánghóubàizhěkòu]
the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
寇攘 [kòurǎng]
to rob and steal
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JAPANESE WORDS (11)
仇 [あだ] #9,378
foe
仇なす [あだなす] #31,024
to do (someone) a wrong
元寇 [げんこう] #85,578
Mongol invasions of Japan (1274, 1281)
倭寇 [わこう] #88,577
wokou
来寇 [らいこう] #118,634
invasion
外寇 [がいこう] #142,543
foreign invasion
仇する [あだする] #143,065
to harm
司寇 [しこう] #155,941
Minister of Justice (Zhou dynasty China)
侵寇 [しんこう] #163,188
harmful military conquest
入寇 [にゅうこう] #216,802
invasion
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