姑 — go

Parts that make up 姑

How 姑 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 姑 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 女, 古.

Korean example words with 姑

• 소고小姑 Korean gloss: 남편의 누나나 여동생
• 고숙姑叔 Korean gloss: 고모의 남편을 이르는 말
• 존고尊姑 Korean gloss: ‘시어머니’를 높여 이르는 말
• 고부姑婦 Korean gloss: 시어머니와 며느리를 아울러 이르는 말
• 구고舅姑 Korean gloss: 시아버지와 시어머니를 아울러 이르는 말
• 처고모妻姑母 Korean gloss: 아내의 고모
• 고모표姑母標 Korean gloss: 고모가 만든 물건
• 고부간姑婦間 Korean gloss: 시어머니와 며느리 사이
• 고숙주姑叔主 Korean gloss: 고모의 남편을 부르는 말
• 시고모媤姑母 Korean gloss: 남편의 고모를 이르는 말
• 당고모堂姑母 Korean gloss: 아버지의 사촌인 여자 형제
• 고부상姑婦像 Korean gloss: 시어머니와 며느리의 관계에서 갖추어야 할 모습

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 姑

• 姑しゅうとめ mother-in-law
• 姑息こそく underhanded; unfair; makeshift
• 舅姑きゅうこ parents-in-law
• 小姑こじゅうと sister-in-law
• 慈姑くわい Sagittaria trifolia var. edulis (edible variant of threeleaf arrowhead)
• 姑洗こせん (in China) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp); third lunar month
• 麻姑まこ Ma Gu; legendary Taoist immortal with long talon-like fingernails; backscratcher
• 嫁姑よめしゅうとめ daughter-in-law and mother-in-law (relationship, conflict, etc.)
• 姑娘クーニャン girl (esp. Chinese); young unmarried woman
• 外姑がいこ mother-in-law (of the husband)
• 黒慈姑くろぐわい Eleocharis kuroguwai (species of spikerush); Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis var. tuberosa)
• 白慈姑しろぐわい Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis)

Characters sharing the phonetic 古

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “고” in Korean.

Other hanja read “고”

Other hanja with radical 女