Chinese Character Wiki
顾

gù

look back, look after

Simplified form of 顧. Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 雇 represents the sound.

Components
厄 simplified component

厄  Simplified component

è

  

adversity, distress

Shorthand for the 雇 component in the traditional character 顧.

页 meaning component

页  Meaning component

yè, xié

  

page

Depicts a head.

Evolution

顾 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
顾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
顾 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
顾 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
顾 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

顾 (顧) 

gù

look back; look at; look after; to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to

顾 (顧) 

Gù

surname Gu

Most common words with 顾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

照顾

to take care of

顾客

client

顾问

adviser

回顾

to look back

顾

to look after

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 59.8270% of movies

724th most common character in movies

815th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Traditional

顧

Unicode

U+987E


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