瞽

瞽 · gǔ

blind; blind musician; stupid

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
gǔ
Cantonese
gu2
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

blind; blind musician; stupid

Dictionary definitions & readings

瞽 gǔ · blind; undiscerning

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42516.030:gǔ Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0396.010:gǔ Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
119.020:gǔ Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
gǔ粵gu2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
コ ク めしい Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
고:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
公戶 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
GEBU Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4460.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0819.030 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
265.42 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0050g Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+77BD
Radical
目 · 109
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6314

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

18 strokes
瞽
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
kuX · 公戸 · 遇開一上模見 · #1380

PHONO-ML, source line 9794; 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
954.202
kCowles
1806
kDaeJaweon
1231.020
kFennIndex
260.06
kGSR
0050g
kHanYu
42516.030
kIRGDaeJaweon
1231.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42516.030
kIRGKangXi
0819.030
kKangXi
0819.030
kKarlgren
429
kMatthews
3481
kMeyerWempe
1265a
kMorohashi
23745
kNelson
5416
kSBGY
265.42
kSMSZD2003Index
465.09
kCangjie
GEBU
kFenn
737E
kFourCornerCode
4460.4
kHKGlyph
2786
kMojiJoho
MJ018351
kPhonetic
754
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTJH
kIRG_GSource
G0-6E2D
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C2A2
kIRG_JSource
J0-625C
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-5F17
kIRG_KSource
K1-5876
kIRG_TSource
T1-766C
kRSUnicode
109.13
kTotalStrokes
18
kBigFive
C2A2
kCCCII
214D76
kCNS1986
1-766C
kCNS1992
1-766C
kEACC
214D76
kGB0
7813
kGB1
7813
kJis0
6660
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
4233
kTGH
2013:6314
kTaiwanTelegraph
4233
kXerox
276:376
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5841+109.5.13 C+5841+207.13.5
kCantonese
gu2
kDefinition
blind; blind musician; stupid
kFanqie
公戶
kHangul
고:1N
kHanyuPinyin
42516.030:gǔ
kJapanese
コ ク めしい
kJapaneseKun
MESHII
kJapaneseOn
KO
kKorean
KO
kMandarin
gǔ
kSMSZD2003Readings
gǔ粵gu2
kTGHZ2013
119.020:gǔ
kXHC1983
0396.010:gǔ

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 瞽0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
鼓 above 目 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱鼓目$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱鼓目$(GHTJKP)

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