臌

臌 · gǔ

swelling from dropsy; tympanites, swelling of the stomach; puffy, bloated

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
gǔ
Cantonese
gu2
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

swelling from dropsy; tympanites, swelling of the stomach; puffy, bloated

Dictionary definitions & readings

臌 gǔ · dropsical; swollen

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
32115.060:gǔ Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0396.020:gǔ Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
119.010:gǔ Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
gǔ粵gu2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
コ Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
BGTE Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7424.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0996.241 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+81CC
Radical
肉 · 130
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6272

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
臌
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 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.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCowles
1803
kFennIndex
260.07
kHanYu
32115.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
32115.060
kIRGKangXi
0996.241
kKangXi
0996.241
kKarlgren
429
kMatthews
3480
kMeyerWempe
1264
kMorohashi
29966
kSMSZD2003Index
562.08
kCangjie
BGTE
kFenn
737F
kFourCornerCode
7424.7
kMojiJoho
MJ021262
kPhonetic
754
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-6B7B
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EDEA
kIRG_JSource
JMJ-021262
kIRG_KSource
K2-562F
kIRG_TSource
T2-5E57
kRSUnicode
130.13
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
EDEA
kCCCII
227A39
kCNS1986
2-5E57
kCNS1992
2-5E57
kEACC
227A39
kGB0
7591
kGB1
7591
kMainlandTelegraph
1746
kTGH
2013:6272
kXerox
301:144
kCantonese
gu2
kDefinition
swelling from dropsy; tympanites, swelling of the stomach; puffy, bloated
kHanyuPinyin
32115.060:gǔ
kJapanese
コ
kMandarin
gǔ
kSMSZD2003Readings
gǔ粵gu2
kTGHZ2013
119.010:gǔ
kXHC1983
0396.020:gǔ

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 臌0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
月 beside 鼓 · the shape used in China, South Korea
Source notation ^⿰月鼓$(GK)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰月鼓$(GK)

^⿰⺼鼓$(HT)

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