ancient; old; paleo-

Radical: 口 HSK 3 a, tg ideographic

Components & Etymology

古 decomposes into the following components:

Words containing 古

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 古.

上古
shàng gǔ
中古
zhōng gǔ
亘古
gèn gǔ
仿古
fǎng gǔ
作古
zuò gǔ
千古
qiān gǔ
博古
bó gǔ
古丈
gǔ zhàng
古丽
gǔ lì
古义
gǔ yì
古书
gǔ shū
古交
gǔ jiāo

Related characters (radical 口)

Characters that share the radical .

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