Chinese Character 古 (gu2 | gu3) : ancient

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古
gu2 gu3
[1] old; classic; ancient; antiquated; antiquity [2] not following current customs or practices [3] a Chinese family name Stroke count: 5 Level: 3 Radical: 口 (#30)
古
Don't confuse with: 吉告
This character was last edited on 29th Apr 2008
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古老 gu2 lou5 gu3 lao3 = [1] ancient; [2] old-fashioned 古怪 gu2 gwaai3 gu3 guai4 = peculiar; strange; eccentric 古仔 gu2 zai2 = story粵朱古力 zyu1 gu21 lik61 = chocolate 講古仔 gong2 gu2 zai2 = to tell a story / stories粵古人 gu2 jan4 = people from ancient times 古井無波 gu2 zeng2 mou4 bo1 = loss of sexual desire 內蒙古 noi6 mung4 gu2 nei4 meng3 gu3 = Inner Mongolia 整古 zing2 gu2 = to make fun of; to trick; to frame粵整古做怪 zing2 gu2 zou6 gwaai3 = to make a face; play the fool; mess around粵 See all 116 compounds
Showing all 5 examples containing 古漢字是歷史上最古老的文字之一，大概四千歲了。國 edit Chinese characters are one of history's most ancient writing scripts, approximately four thousand years old. 通常會喺博物館搵到古董粵 edit Antiques can usually be found in museums. 要唔要加$5換朱古力? edit Do you want to pay $5 to get a chocolate? [note the absent character 購 from 換購] 要唔要加$5換購朱古力? edit Do you want to pay $5 to get a chocolate? 呢隻古仔好㜺鬼粵 edit This story is really interesting. Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only

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Decimal representation of this word: 古
Unicode code for this character: U+53E4 (off-site link)

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