馘

馘 · guó

cut off left ear; tally dead enemy

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
guó
Cantonese
gwik1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

cut off left ear; tally dead enemy

Dictionary definitions & readings

馘 guó · (literary) to cut off the left ear of a slain enemy; the severed ear of a slain enemy

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74501.210:guó,xù Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0426.050:guó Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
126.130:guó Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
guó粵gwok3 xù粵gwik1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
カク コク ケキ ゲキ キャク くびきる みみきる Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
괵:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
古獲 古或 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TUIRM Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
8365.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1428.130 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
513.33 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0929u Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9998
Radical
首 · 185
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
8
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7971

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
馘
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.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
kweak · 古獲 · 梗合二入耕見 · #3626
Middle Chinese
kwok · 古或 · 曾合一入登見 · #3735

PHONO-ML, source line 18801; 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
1495.602
kDaeJaweon
1954.170
kGSR
0929u
kHanYu
74501.210
kIRGDaeJaweon
1954.170
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74501.210
kIRGKangXi
1428.130
kKangXi
1428.130
kKarlgren
118
kMatthews
3743
kMeyerWempe
1406e
kMorohashi
44507
kNelson
5187
kSBGY
513.33
kSMSZD2003Index
783.13
kCangjie
TUIRM
kFourCornerCode
8365.0
kMojiJoho
MJ028597
kPhonetic
1416
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-5965
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EF55
kIRG_JSource
J0-7145
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-892A
kIRG_KSource
K1-5A2B
kIRG_TSource
T2-6061
kRSUnicode
185.8
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
EF55
kCCCII
235230
kCNS1986
2-6061
kCNS1992
2-6061
kEACC
235230
kGB0
5769
kGB1
5769
kJis0
8137
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7446
kTGH
2013:7971
kTaiwanTelegraph
7446
kXerox
301:074
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7228+185.9.8
kCantonese
gwik1
kDefinition
cut off left ear; tally dead enemy
kFanqie
古獲 古或
kHangul
괵:1N
kHanyuPinyin
74501.210:guó,xù
kJapanese
カク コク ケキ ゲキ キャク くびきる みみきる
kJapaneseKun
MIMIKIRU KUBIKIRU
kJapaneseOn
KAKU
kKorean
KOYK
kMandarin
guó
kSMSZD2003Readings
guó粵gwok3 xù粵gwik1
kTGHZ2013
126.130:guó
kXHC1983
0426.050:guó
kSemanticVariant
U+805D<kMatthews,kMeyerWempe

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 馘0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰首或$(GHTJKP)

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