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虢
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name of ancient

HSK 10
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guó
ホウ、カク
つめあと
Depicts a hand (爫) and a hand holding a weapon (攴) fighting with a tiger (虎). The component 攴 was later reanalyzed as 寸 (hand). Based on the original meaning "to fight a tiger". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
爫 claw (top)+ 寸 Chinese inch+ 虎 tiger =
虢 name of ancient
爫 Iconic component
zhǎo claw (top)
radical 87
爫 is a component form of 爪.
寸 Iconic component
cùn Chinese inch
inch
Originally 攴, which depicts a hand holding a weapon. Later reanalyzed as 寸 (hand).
虎 Iconic component
hǔ tiger
Notes
Similar Characters
寽 handful乳 breast亂 chaos (trad)受 accept奚 where? what? how? why?妥 appropriate孚 brood爭 contend (trad)爯 pick up爰 lead舀 dip采 pluck (simp)檃 舜 legendary ruler覓 try to find (trad)觅 search (simp)专 take (simp)付 pay冠 crown夺 take (simp)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
虢
Regular
Modern
Chinese
虢 [Guó]
Guo, a kinship group whose members held dukedoms within the Zhou Dynasty realm, including Western Guo 西虢國|西虢国 and Eastern Guo 東虢國|东虢国; surname Guo
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (3)
假途灭虢 [jiǎ​tú​miè​Guó] #71,171
lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
假途灭虢 [jiǎ​tú​miè​Guó] #71,171
lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
假道伐虢 [jiǎ​dào​fá​Guó]
to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo