垢 (gòu): Stroke Order, Meaning & How to Write

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垢=土earth, soil+后queen, behind

Dirt or filth (土) that accumulates over time, like grime that clings and ages (后).

HSK Vocabulary: 垢

HSK words that contain this character.

chén gòu

尘垢

dust and dirt

shuǐ gòu

水垢

scale, limescale

wū gòu

污垢

dirt, grime

yóu gòu

油垢

greasy dirt

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 垢 is used in context

tā他

huā花

le了

yí一

gè个

xiǎo小

shí时

cái才

bǎ把

chú厨

fáng房

de的

yóu油

gòu垢

qīng清

lǐ理

gān干

jìng净

。

It took him an hour to clean the greasy dirt in the kitchen.

shuǐ水

hú壶

yòng用

jiǔ久

le了

，

lǐ里

miàn面

huì会

zhè这

jiàn件

bái白

chèn衬

shān衫

shàng上

de的

wū污

gòu

Information

Traditional垢

Radical土

Strokes9

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#3284

Zhuyinㄍㄡˋ

UnicodeU+57A2

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Characters with radical "土"

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gòu购 gòu构 gōu钩 gǒu苟 gòu够 gōu沟 gǒu狗 gōu勾

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Characters with pronunciation "gou"

gòu购 gòu构 gōu钩 gǒu苟 gòu够 gōu沟 gǒu狗 gōu勾

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Characters with radical "土"

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垢 (gòu): Dirt — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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HSK Vocabulary: 垢

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