漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
顧: look back, review
Also: examine oneself, turn around
JLPT N121 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
頁 carries the meaning · 雇 gives the sound
21 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
コko · on'yomi · in compounds
- 顧問こもんadviser; advisor; consultant
- 顧客こきゃくcustomer; client; patron
- 回顧かいこrecollecting; reminiscing; looking back
- 顧客満足こきゃくまんぞくcustomer satisfaction
- 一顧いっこslightest notice; slightest consideration
かえりみるkaerimiru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 顧みるかえりみるto look back on (the past); to reflect on
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Face the world! This radical represents everything that happens from the neck up—thinking, seeing, breathing, and the very identity of a person.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 顾 · traditional, as in Japanese · gù
Japan keeps the traditional form 顧; mainland China simplifies it to 顾.
- Simplified
- 顾 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 顧 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin gù most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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