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固

gù

to become solid

Phonosemantic compound. 囗 represents the meaning and 古 represents the sound.

Components
囗 meaning component

囗  Meaning component

wéi

  

surround

古 sound component

古  Sound component

gǔ

  

old

Evolution

固 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
固 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
固 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
固 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

固  

gù

to become solid, solidify; strength; hard; strong; solid; sure; assuredly; undoubtedly; of course; indeed; admittedly

Most common words with 固
Freq.
Word
Meaning

固定

to fix

巩固

to consolidate

固执

obstinate

顽固

stubborn

固

hard

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (0 verified)

涸 錮 锢

Sound component in 8 characters (2 verified)

個 箇 涸 錮 锢 崮 痼 鲴

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤa-s

kuH

gù

fortified, secure


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 21.7524% of movies

1517th most common character in movies

893rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+56FA

Shuowen

“固，四塞也。从囗，古聲。”


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