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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 沽

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
沽 gū - abbr. for Tianjin 天津 (also 津沽)
沽 gū - to buy
- to sell

List Ranking for: 沽

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 41,919 9,133 20,646

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 氵 古

Radical:

氵

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

古

Semantic:

氵

Hint:

Water

Other Words Containing 沽

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
沽 - - 41,919 9,133 20,646
待价而沽 - - 42,198 71,281 93,100
沽名钓誉 - - 50,382 63,942 43,497