= gu + Ø1
surname Gu
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= gu + Ø1
crime / sin
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How to pronounce 辜

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= gu initial

Gu is for Gitta Giraffe.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ Ø1 final

In front of the space station.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

辜 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= gu + Ø3
surname Gu
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ancient / old / paleo-
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xīn = xi + (e)n1
surname Xin
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xīn = xi + (e)n1
(of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa
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Characters with 辜 as component

辜 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 辜

innocent / innocence / not guilty (law)
to fail to live up (to expectations) / unworthy (of trust) / to let down / to betray (hopes) / to disappoint
death cannot wipe out the crimes (idiom); dreadful crimes that rankled even after the perpetrator is dead

Sentences with 辜

辜 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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