覯

简 觏 · 繁 覯
Mandarin · pinyin gòu

Meanings

  1. complete
  2. meet unexpectedly
  3. see
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覯
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觏
gòu · meet or see unexpectedly
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4 · gou4

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gau3 · kau3

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  1. (literary) to see; to meet; to encounter
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 構 /构 (gòu, “to make; to form”)

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