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Meaning of 觚

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Pinyin:
English Definition: goblet; rule; law
Chinese Definition:
①古代酒器,青铜制,盛行于中国商代和西周初期,喇叭形口,细腰,高圈足。
②古代用来书写的木简:操觚。
③棱角:“甘泉泰紫坛,八觚宣通象八方”。
④剑柄:“操其觚,招其末”。
⑤古同“弧”,独立不群。
Total strokes: 12; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (horn) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ jiǎo ] angle, corner; horn, horn-shaped
    • [ guā ] melon, gourd, squash, cucumber
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Example Words
操觚 cāo to write; to compose
操觚为生 cāo wéi shēng to live (make a living) by writing (idiom)
率尔操觚 shuài ěr cāo to compose in off-hand way (idiom); to dash off
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Example Sentences
1
Gu moon light knife edge, looking Linshao Xiao color up.
2
便
Explanation: The Gu has its shape and size altered to facilitate drinking. So Confucius lamented the predominance of drinkings over rituals.
3
In the early stage of Shang dynasty , two Gus or more which appeared in the same grave were often two kinds of structure.
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Fourthly, it commends the prominent women, which is closely linked to Niu Xiu"s advanced view on women."
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Bronze Gu was a type of important wine vessels and the core of the sacrificial system in the Shang and Zhou period.