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Keyword
poison
  • venom
  • to bewitch
  • to harm
Frequency
#3465
Strokes
11
Readings
gǔ
Mnemonic
虫 (insect) gives the meaning and 皿 the sound.
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Used in vocabulary
蛊gǔ
arch. legendary venomous insect; to poison; to bewitch; to drive to insanity; to harm by witchcraft; intestinal parasite
蛊惑gǔhuò
to entice; to lead astray
蛊惑人心gǔhuòrénxīn
to stir up public sentiment by false statements (idiom); to resort to demagogy