穀 (guk1 | gu3) : corn; grain; cereal

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穀

guk1

gu3

[1] [n] corn; grain; cereal
[2] [adj] lucky; kind; good
[3] [n] official's salary

(1) Simplified form 谷 applies only to [1]; there is no simplified form for [2] & [3].
(2) 谷 is also a traditional form with other meanings.

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: 禾 (#115)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

穀 / 谷

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 25th Jun 2011 05:23

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爆穀 baau3 guk1 bao4 gu3 = popcorn

穀子 guk1 zi2 gu3 zi5 = millet

布穀鳥 bou3 guk1 niu5 bu4 gu3 niao3 = a cuckoo (bird)

包穀 baau1 guk1 bao1 gu3 = maize; corn

穀牛 guk1 ngau4*2 = rice worms

穀場 guk1 coeng4 = a threshing floor

打穀機 daa2 guk1 gei1 = a threshing machine

食穀種 sik6 guk1 zung2 = to rest on one's laurels 粵

川穀 cyun1 guk1 chuan1 gu3 = Job's tear grains (Coix lacryma), adlay, adlai

穀倉 guk1 cong1 gu3 cang1 = granary

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 穀
Unicode code for this character: U+7a40 (off-site link)

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