鹄(hú)

12 strokesTrad. 鵠
Readingshúgǔ

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

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Character information

Pinyin
hú / gǔ
Meaning
center or bull's eye of an archery target (old); goal; target
Strokes
12
HSK level
—
Traditional
鵠

Origin & structure

Where 鹄 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰告鸟

In this compound, the meaning comes from 鸟 (bird); 告 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

告gào鸟niǎo

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 鹄 step by step

12 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 鹄

Common words using 鹄 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

bái白hú鹄

(white) swan

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hóng鸿hú鹄

swan; person with noble aspirations

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hú鹄hòu候

to respectfully await; to look forward to

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kè刻hú鹄lèi类wù鹜

to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom)

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Related characters

From 鹄’s common words

白鸿候刻类鹜

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