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沽
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buy and sell

HSK 7
Society →Economy
Gū, gū
コ
あた.い、あら.い、う.る
고
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 古 represents the sound.
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 古 ancient =
沽 buy and sell
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
古 Phonetic component
gǔ ancient
old, classic, ancient
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
沽
Regular
Modern
Chinese
沽 [Gū]
abbr. for Tianjin 天津 (also 津沽)
沽 [gū]
to buy; to sell
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (21)
待价而沽 [dài​jià​'ér​gū] #42,198
to sell only for a good price (idiom)
待价而沽 [dài​jià​'ér​gū] #42,198
to sell only for a good price (idiom)
沽名钓誉 [gū​míng​diào​yù] #50,382
to angle for fame (idiom)
沽名钓誉 [gū​míng​diào​yù] #50,382
to angle for fame (idiom)
泸沽湖 [Lú​gū​Hú] #32,141
Lugu Lake
泸沽湖 [Lú​gū​Hú] #32,141
Lugu Lake
塘沽 [Táng​gū] #32,716
Tanggu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区[Bīn​hǎi​xīn​qū]
塘沽区 [Táng​gū​qū] #35,821
Tanggu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区[Bīn​hǎi​xīn​qū]
塘沽区 [Táng​gū​qū] #35,821
Tanggu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区[Bīn​hǎi​xīn​qū]
汉沽区 [Hàn​gū​qū] #49,231
Hangu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区[Bīn​hǎi​xīn​qū]
11 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (4)
沽券に関わる [こけんにかかわる] #42,171
to be a point of honor
沽券 [こけん] #53,447
dignity
売券 [ばいけん] #289,014
certificate of sale
アメリカ梯沽 [アメリカでいご]
cockspur coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli)