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

Pronunciation

Pinyin: gū
Cantonese: gu1
JapaneseKun: SHUUTOME OBA SHIBARAKU
JapaneseOn: KO
Korean: KO
Vietnamese: cô

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: father's sister; husband's mother

CE-Dict: paternal aunt/husband's sister/husband's mother (old)/nun/for the time being (literary)

Soothill: Paternal aunt, husband's sister, a nun; to tolerate; however; leave.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.an aunt who is a sister of one's father
2.a sister-in-law who is a sister of one's husband
3.[Formal] tentatively

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: aunt; father's sister; tentatively
【法】 sister-in-law

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: aunt; father's sister; tentatively

湘雅醫學專業詞典: Aunt

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《女部》姑 夫母也。从女古聲。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集下】【女字部】 姑
【廣韻】古胡切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】攻乎切,𠀤音孤。【爾雅·釋親】婦稱夫之母曰姑,父之𡛷妹亦曰姑。王父之𡛷妹曰王姑。【詩·邶風】問我諸姑。 又婦謂夫之女妹曰小姑。【新婦詩】未諳姑食性,先遣小姑嘗。 又【禮·檀弓】細人之愛人以姑息。【註】姑,且也。息,休也。○按尸子曰:紂棄黎老之言,用姑息之語。註:姑,婦女也。息,小兒也。 又且也。【書·酒誥】姑惟敎之。 又星名。【歲時記】黃姑牽牛星,一曰河鼓也。 又國名。【左傳·昭九年】及武王克商,蒲姑,商奄,吾東土也。杜預註曰樂安博昌縣北有蒲姑城。又【尚書序】周公告召公,作將蒲姑。又有亳姑,𠀤亡。 又山名。麻姑,在建昌南城縣西南。道書,三十六洞天之一,顏眞卿有麻姑壇記。李覯有麻姑山賦。又從姑山,在縣東南,以山次于麻姑因名。 又姓。姑浮,越大夫。 又作姑,邪道所出也。【後漢·王莽】傳】三萬餘人南出棗街作姑。 又三姑,三尸也。【酉陽雜俎】人有三尸,上尸淸姑,中尸白姑,下尸血姑。 又祀姑,幡名。【吳語】吳王與晉爭長,乃戒夜中官師擁鐸建祀姑。 又金僕姑,矢名。【左傳·莊十一年】公以金僕姑射南宮長萬。 又䑕姑,牡丹名。見【本草綱目】。
考證:〔【左傳·昭二十二年】晏子曰,古人居此地者,有蒲姑氏。【杜預曰】樂安博昌縣北有蒲姑城。〕 謹按傳文無此語,杜預所註在昭九年不在二十二。今謹改爲左傳昭九年及武王克商,蒲姑,商奄,吾東土也。杜預註曰樂安博昌縣北有蒲姑城。

Buddhism words and phrases aunt

CF-Dict: tante paternelle/jeune fille/religieuse/soeur du mari

Han-De-Dict: Tante, Schwester des Vaters (姑姑) (u.E.)