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顾
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look back

HSK 10 N1
Human →Actions
gù
コ
かえり.みる
고
Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 雇 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (顧)
雇 hire+ 頁 page =
顧 look back
雇 Phonetic component
gù hire
variant of 雇[gù]
View phonetic series →
頁 Meaning component
page
Depicts a head.
Simplified (顾)
厄 adversity+ 页 page =
顾 look back, look after
厄 Simplified component
è adversity
variant of 厄[è]
Shorthand for the 雇 component in the traditional character 顧.
页 Meaning component
yè page
page, sheet, leaf
Depicts a head.
Notes
Similar Characters
僱 employ (trad)夏 summer头 top (simp)寡 widowed履 footwear瀕 riverside (trad)煩 vexed (trad/jp)頃 100 Chinese acres (trad/jp)須 have to (trad/jp)頪 bright white頭 head (trad/jp)頻 repeatedly (trad/jp)碩 big (trad)頂 crest (trad/jp)項 item (trad/jp)順 obey (trad/jp)頌 extol (trad)頏 fly down or downward (trad)預 beforehand (trad/jp)頑 stubborn (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 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)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
顧
Regular
Modern
Chinese
顾 / 顧 [Gù]
surname Gu
顾 / 顧 [gù]
to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
顧 ぐ
Gu surname
顧 ぐう
Guu surname
顧 こ
Ko surnamegiven name
顧 こう
Kō surname
顧 こし
Koshi surname
CHINESE WORDS (60)
照顾 [zhào​gu] #713
to take care of
顾客 [gù​kè] #2,447
client
顾问 [gù​wèn] #2,959
adviser
回顾 [huí​gù] #3,771
to look back
不顾 [bù​gù] #7,978
in spite of
顾虑 [gù​lǜ] #9,992
misgivings
兼顾 [jiān​gù] #16,820
to attend simultaneously to two or more things
光顾 [guāng​gù] #10,458
to visit (as a customer)
不顾一切 [bù​gù​yī​qiè] #10,447
reckless
顾及 [gù​jí] #14,361
to take into consideration
50 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (51)
⭐ 顧みる [かえりみる] #7,898
to look back on (the past)
⭐ 顧問 [こもん] #9,769
adviser
⭐ 顧客 [こきゃく] #14,173
customer
一顧 [いっこ] #37,308
slightest notice
後顧の憂い [こうこのうれい] #40,341
anxiety (about the future)
⭐ 回顧 [かいこ] #44,506
recollecting
顧問弁護士 [こもんべんごし] #49,508
legal adviser
危険を顧みず [きけんをかえりみず] #49,671
heedless of danger
恩顧 [おんこ] #59,305
favour
顧慮 [こりょ] #62,715
concern
41 more items
KOREAN WORDS (4)
고객 #12,131
customer; guest; patron; client; clientele
고문관
councilor; adviser; counselor
회고
retrospection; reminiscence; recollection
회고담
reminiscences; talk about old days