谷
grain / corn
surname Gu
valley
谷 character breakdown
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
eight; 8
Characters with 谷 as component
variant of 溪[xi1]
溪
=
奚
+
氵
:
Marie Curie (xi) finds out that what used to be a big river floating in front of the space station (Ø1) is now just a rivulet (溪). She instantly grabs as many bottles of water (氵) as she can to replenish the river and calls 911 for help, but first has to answer the "w"-questions what? / where? / why? (奚).
Words with 谷
valley / trough (as opposed to peaks) / fig. low point / lowest ebb / nadir of one's fortunes
five crops, e.g. millet 粟[su4], soybean 豆[dou4], sesame 麻[ma2], barley 麥|麦[mai4], rice 稻[dao4] or other variants / all crops / all grains / oats, peas, beans and barley
Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC)
Tuyuhun, nomadic people related to the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1] / a state in Qinghai in 4th-7th century AD
never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite
temple dedicated to the local tutelary god 土地神[tu3 di4 shen2] and the god of cereals
Sentences with 谷
谷 currently does not appear in any sentence.