笱

笱 · gǒu

a basket trap for fish, placed in the opening of a weir

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
gǒu
Cantonese
gau2
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a basket trap for fish, placed in the opening of a weir

Dictionary definitions & readings

笱 gǒu · basket for trapping fish

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
52958.090:gǒu Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0391.030:gǒu Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
116.050:gǒu Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
gǒu粵gau2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
コウ ク やな Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
càu Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
古厚 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HPR Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
8862.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0881.090 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
326.20 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0108e Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7B31
Radical
竹 · 118
Strokes
11
Residual strokes
5
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7190

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

11 strokes
笱
Strokes
11
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

11 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
kuwX · 古厚 · 流開一上侯見 · #1960

PHONO-ML, source line 12161; 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
1010.601
kCowles
1577
kDaeJaweon
1309.050
kGSR
0108e
kHanYu
52958.090
kIRGDaeJaweon
1309.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
52958.090
kIRGKangXi
0881.090
kKangXi
0881.090
kMatthews
3414
kMeyerWempe
1071a
kMorohashi
25948
kSBGY
326.20
kSMSZD2003Index
499.01
kCangjie
HPR
kFourCornerCode
8862.7
kMojiJoho
MJ019425
kPhonetic
673
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7351
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D6D6
kIRG_JSource
J14-7346
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-63D3
kIRG_KSource
K2-4F6F
kIRG_TSource
T2-3779
kIRG_VSource
V1-616A
kRSUnicode
118.5
kTotalStrokes
11
kBigFive
D6D6
kCCCII
226B47
kCNS1986
2-3779
kCNS1992
2-3779
kEACC
226B47
kGB0
8349
kGB1
8349
kJIS0213
2,83,38
kJis1
5001
kMainlandTelegraph
4578
kTGH
2013:7190
kTaiwanTelegraph
4578
kXerox
305:160
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+14938+118.6.5
kCantonese
gau2
kDefinition
a basket trap for fish, placed in the opening of a weir
kFanqie
古厚
kHanyuPinyin
52958.090:gǒu
kJapanese
コウ ク やな
kJapaneseOn
KOU KU
kMandarin
gǒu
kSMSZD2003Readings
gǒu粵gau2
kTGHZ2013
116.050:gǒu
kTang
gǒu
kVietnamese
càu
kXHC1983
0391.030:gǒu

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 笱0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱𥫗句$(GHTJKPV)

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