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Information about character(s)

Radical:
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8
Variants:

Pronunciation

Pinyin: gū, guā, guǎ
Cantonese: gu1 gwaa1 gwaa2 waa1
JapaneseOn: KO
Korean: KO
Vietnamese: oa

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: wail, crying of child; swear at

CE-Dict: crying sound of child

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.the cries of an infant
2.to wail

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《口部》呱 小兒嗁聲。从口瓜聲。《詩》曰:“后稷呱矣。”

康熙字典文字版 【丑集上】【口字部】 呱
【唐韻】古胡切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】攻乎切,𠀤音姑。【說文】小兒嗁聲。【書·益稷】啓呱呱而泣。【班固·幽通賦】妣聆呱而刻石。【集韻】或作𠽿。 又【集韻】烏爪切,音窊。義同。 又叶胡誤切,音護。【詩·大雅】鳥乃去矣,后稷呱矣,實覃實訏,厥聲載路。

CF-Dict: vagissement