姤

姤 · gòu

mate; copulate; good; hexagram ䷫

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
gòu
Cantonese
gau3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

mate; copulate; good; hexagram ䷫

Dictionary definitions & readings

姤 gòu · copulate; good

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21045.160:gòu Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
116.110:gòu Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
gòu粵gau3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
コウ ク グ あう Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
구:1N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
cạu Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
古候 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
VHMR Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4246.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0260.080 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
439.26 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0112e Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+59E4
Radical
女 · 38
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
6
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6913

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
kuwH · 古候 · 流開一去侯見 · #3072

PHONO-ML, source line 15942; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
384.105
kCowles
1588
kDaeJaweon
0526.070
kGSR
0112e
kHanYu
21045.160
kIRGDaeJaweon
0526.070
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21045.160
kIRGKangXi
0260.080
kKangXi
0260.080
kKarlgren
78
kMatthews
3422
kMeyerWempe
1075i
kMorohashi
06215
kSBGY
439.26
kSMSZD2003Index
155.14
kCangjie
VHMR
kFourCornerCode
4246.1
kMojiJoho
MJ009662
kPhonetic
449
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-3C54
kIRG_HSource
HB2-CE6C
kIRG_JSource
J14-2552
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-3D22
kIRG_KSource
K1-5A4D
kIRG_TSource
T2-296D
kIRG_VSource
V1-5177
kRSUnicode
38.6
kTotalStrokes
9
kBigFive
CE6C
kCCCII
217A61
kCNS1986
2-296D
kCNS1992
2-296D
kEACC
217A61
kGB3
2852
kJIS0213
2,05,50
kJis1
2536
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:6913
kTaiwanTelegraph
1208
kXerox
302:266
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+14453+38.3.6
kCantonese
gau3
kDefinition
mate; copulate; good; hexagram ䷫
kFanqie
古候
kHangul
구:1N
kHanyuPinyin
21045.160:gòu
kJapanese
コウ ク グ あう
kJapaneseKun
AU MIMEYOI MINIKUI
kJapaneseOn
KOU KU
kKorean
KWU
kMandarin
gòu
kSMSZD2003Readings
gòu粵gau3
kTGHZ2013
116.110:gòu
kVietnamese
cạu

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 姤0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
女 beside 后 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰女后$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰女后$(GHTJKPV)

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