Chinese Character Wiki
鼓

gǔ

drum

Depicts a drumstick held in the hand (支) beating on a drum (壴).

Components
壴 iconic component

壴  Iconic component

zhù

  

drum

支 iconic component

支  Iconic component

zhī

  

support, hold up

Depicts a hand holding a drumstick.

Evolution

鼓 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
鼓 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
鼓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

鼓  

gǔ

drum; beat, top, strike; CL:通[tòng],面[miàn]; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell

鼓 (皷) 

gǔ

old variant of 鼓[gǔ]

Most common words with 鼓
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鼓励

to encourage

鼓掌

to applaud

鼓

drum

鼓舞

heartening (news)

蒙在鼓里

lit. kept inside a drum (idiom)

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

鼕 鼗

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

瞽 鼙 臌

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤaʔ

kuX

gǔ

drum (n.)


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 24.6196% of movies

1311th most common character in movies

1123rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+9F13

Shuowen

“鼓，郭也。春分之音，萬物郭皮甲而出，故謂之鼓。从壴。支，象其手擊之也。《周禮》：‘六鼓：靁鼓八面，靈鼓六面，路鼓四面，鼖鼓、皐鼓、晉鼓皆兩面。’，籀文鼓。从古聲。”


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