gòu

a secluded place

Original meaning: 

meet unexpectedly

Depicts two fish facing each other. Based on the original meaning "meet unexpectedly", now written as .

Evolution

冓 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
冓 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
冓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
冓 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

gòu

a secluded place; secret cabinet; inner rooms of palace; ten billions

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Sound component in 9 characters (5 verified)