鹄 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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hú, gǔ

target

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 告 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鵠.

Components

鸟 Meaning component

niǎo, diǎo

bird

告 Sound component

gào

tell

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

hú

target; swan

gǔ

center or bull's eye of an archery target (old); goal

Most common words with 鹄

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	鹄	goal
	鸿鹄	swan
	燕雀安知鸿鹄之志	lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)
	鹄的	bull's-eye
	白鹄	(white) swan

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4238th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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