谷 · gǔ
valley, gorge, ravine; Kangxi radical 150
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
valley, gorge, ravine; Kangxi radical 150
- Mandarin
- gǔ
- Cantonese
- guk1
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 谷 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Korean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 곡
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+8C37
- Radical
- 谷 · 150
- Strokes
- 7 · Unihan
- Residual
- 0
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
7 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 谷
Character connections
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History & distinctions
Related forms
穀
Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- kuwk · 古禄 反切 · #3183
- Middle Chinese
- luwk · 盧谷 反切 · #3189
- Middle Chinese
- yowk · 余蜀 反切 · #3251
- Middle Chinese
- gjak · 其虐 反切 · #3555
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 16174 · kuwk = 通開一入東見 · luwk = 通開一入東來 · yowk = 通開三入鍾以 · gjak = 宕開三入陽群
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- gǔ
- kCantonese
- guk1
- kDefinition
- valley, gorge, ravine; Kangxi radical 150
- kTotalStrokes
- 7
- kRSUnicode
- 150.0
- kTraditionalVariant
- U+7A40 U+8C37
- kSimplifiedVariant
- U+8C37
- kGradeLevel
- 4
- kTGH
- 2013:798
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- gǔ,lù,yù 63902.010
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- gǔ 0399.040 · yù 1415.170
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- gǔ 117.160,117.170
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- gǔ(145)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- gǔ粵guk1 yù粵juk6
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 古禄 盧谷 余蜀 其虐
- Kangxi positions
- 1189.010
- Guangyun positions
- 449.35 451.16 462.35
- GSR references
- 1202a
- Cangjie
- COR
- Four-corner
- 8060.8