hú, gǔ
target
Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 告 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 鵠
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
goal | ||
swan | ||
lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) | ||
bull's-eye | ||
(white) swan |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4238th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 18 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+9D60 |
Shuowen | “鵠，鴻鵠也。从鳥，告聲。” |
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