股(gǔ): thigh
HSK 68 strokes
thigh
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Character information
- Pinyin
- gǔ
- Meaning
- thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (finance) stock; share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1]; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions
- Strokes
- 8
- HSK level
- HSK 6
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 股 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 股 step by step
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