垢 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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gòu

dirt

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 后 represents the sound.

Components

土 Meaning component

tǔ

earth

后 Sound component

hòu

queen, after

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

gòu

dirt, filth, stains; dirty; dirt; disgrace

Most common words with 垢

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3284th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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