Mnemonic comic for 古

Translation

gǔ = gu + Ø3: ancient / old / paleo-

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: at least on German maps, this character actually resembles a cloister.

Oh no! Gitta Giraffe (gu) found that the golden cross (十) broke off of the cloister (古) in the space station’s living room (Ø3)! She skewers a mandarin (口) on top of the cloister so that she can skewer the broken off cross back on to fix it.

All translations for 古

gǔ = gu + Ø3

surname Gu

Add a new mnemonic for 古 = 十 + 口

gǔ = gu + Ø3

ancient / old / paleo-

Add a new mnemonic for 古 = 十 + 口

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古 character breakdown

古
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨
- 口

Component Translations

shí = sh + Ø2

ten / 10

Add a new mnemonic for 十 = 一 + 丨

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

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Characters with 古 as component

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gù = gu + Ø4

hard / strong / solid / sure / assuredly / undoubtedly / of course / indeed / admittedly

Add a new mnemonic for 固 = 古 + 囗

kū = ku + Ø1

dried up

Add a new mnemonic for 枯 = 古 + 木

shě = sh + e3

to give up / to abandon / to give alms

Add a new mnemonic for 舍 = 人 + 舌

Add a new mnemonic for 舍 = 亼 + 古

Add a new mnemonic for 捨 = 扌 + 舍

Words with 古

guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] during Tang and Song times)

lit. to astonish the ancients and dazzle contemporaries (idiom) / fig. to be earthshaking

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