篝

篝 · gōu

bamboo basket; bamboo frame

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
gōu
Cantonese
gau1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

bamboo basket; bamboo frame

Dictionary definitions & readings

篝 gōu · bamboo frame for drying clothes; bamboo cage

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
52997.030:gōu Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0389.030:gōu Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
115.100:gōu Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
gōu粵gau1,kau1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
コウ ク かがり ふせご Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
구:1N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
quảu Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
古侯 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HTTB Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
8855.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0894.050 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
215.02 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0109i Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7BDD
Radical
竹 · 118
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6124

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
篝
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 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
kuw · 古侯 · 流開一平侯見 · #1028

PHONO-ML, source line 8187; 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
1019.503
kDaeJaweon
1321.090
kGSR
0109i
kHanYu
52997.030
kIRGDaeJaweon
1321.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
52997.030
kIRGKangXi
0894.050
kKangXi
0894.050
kKarlgren
418
kMeyerWempe
1075m
kMorohashi
26320:E0103
kNelson
3432
kSBGY
215.02
kSMSZD2003Index
505.03
kCangjie
HTTB
kFourCornerCode
8855.7
kMojiJoho
MJ019611 MJ019611:E0102 MJ019610:E0103
kPhonetic
589
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
BGJM
kIRG_GSource
G0-7374
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EABA
kIRG_JSource
J0-6440
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-64AE
kIRG_KSource
K1-5A62
kIRG_TSource
T2-5926
kIRG_VSource
V1-622A
kRSUnicode
118.10
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
EABA
kCCCII
226D22
kCNS1986
2-5926
kCNS1992
2-5926
kEACC
226D22
kGB0
8384
kGB1
8384
kJis0
6832
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
4645
kTGH
2013:6124
kTaiwanTelegraph
4645
kXerox
305:174
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6001+118.6.10 V+7997+118.6.10
kCantonese
gau1
kDefinition
bamboo basket; bamboo frame
kFanqie
古侯
kHangul
구:1N
kHanyuPinyin
52997.030:gōu
kJapanese
コウ ク かがり ふせご
kJapaneseKun
FUSEGO KAGARI
kJapaneseOn
KOU
kKorean
KWU
kMandarin
gōu
kSMSZD2003Readings
gōu粵gau1,kau1
kTGHZ2013
115.100:gōu
kVietnamese
quảu
kXHC1983
0389.030:gōu

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Structure & connections

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3dictionary records using 篝0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱𥫗冓$(GHTJKPV)

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