股 (gǔ): thigh, part of a whole, portion of a sum, (finance) stock, share

股 (gǔ) is a Chinese character meaning “thigh.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺼ (semantic) and 殳 (phonetic). It ranks #644 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 股 flesh. Its radical form 肉 (meat) appears in many related characters such as 肉 (ròu, meat), 能 (néng, can), 背 (bèi, the back of a body or object).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. thigh
  2. part of a whole
  3. portion of a sum
  4. (finance) stock
  5. share

Etymology & Origin

股

pictophoneticflesh

Decomposition: ⿰⺼殳 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

1
2
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4
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8

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with 股

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
股票noungǔ piàoshare certificate6
股市noungǔ shìstock market6
炒股verbchǎo gǔ(coll.) to speculate in stocks6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
屁股nounpì gubuttocks
股份noungǔ fèna share (in a company)
股东noungǔ dōngshareholder
擦屁股verbcā pì guto wipe one’s ass
股价noungǔ jiàstock price
股权noungǔ quánequity shares
腹股沟nounfù gǔ gōugroin (anatomy)
控股verbkòng gǔto own a controlling number of shares in a company
股骨noungǔ gǔfemur
股份公司noungǔ fèn gōng sījoint-stock company
入股verbrù gǔto invest
勾股定理noungōu gǔ dìng lǐPythagorean theorem
股民noungǔ mínstock investor
股息noungǔ xīdividend
合股verbhé gǔjoint stock
100
Total compounds
35
As first character
41
As last character
24
As middle character

股 appears in 100 compound words: 35 as the first character, 41 as the last, and 24 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 股 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

限xiàn
0.67781,260 co-occurrences
份fèn
0.590111,809 co-occurrences
控kòng
0.56430,286 co-occurrences
屁pì
0.5162,318 co-occurrences
有yǒu
0.47891,718 co-occurrences
票piào
0.47119,382 co-occurrences
权quán
0.4489,454 co-occurrences
跌diē
0.4201,668 co-occurrences
招zhāo
0.4063,666 co-occurrences
司sī
0.40518,302 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (8)

割股疗亲gē gǔ liáo qīnHSK 6+

to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom); filial thigh-cutting

phrase
股东大会gǔdōng dàhuìHSK 6+

shareholders' meeting

noun
股份公司gǔfèn gōngsīHSK 6+

joint-stock company

noun
股票市场gǔpiào shìchǎngHSK 6+

stock market; sharemarket

noun
控股公司kònggǔ gōngsīHSK 6+

holding company

noun
屁股蹲儿pìgǔdūnrHSK 7+

fall on one's bottom; sitting down hard

noun
悬梁刺股xuánliángcìgǔHSK 7+

to study diligently

phrase
一股脑儿yīgǔnǎorHSK 6+

erhua form of 一股腦/一股脑 (yīgǔnǎo, “altogether, all at once”)

adverb

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

学习股字需要反复练习,才能写得工整。

xué xí gǔ zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .

Mastering the character "股" requires repeated practice to achieve neat handwriting.

Yahoo FinanceFeb 2026

...息料近3.3元增17% 大行估50亿恒生股息入账补资本

. . . xī liào jìn 3 . 3 yuán zēng 1 7 dà háng gū 5 0 yì héng shēng gǔ xī rù zhàng bǔ zī běn

... Interest is nearly 3.3 yuan, an increase of 17%, and the big bank estimates that 5 billion Hang Seng dividends will be recorded to supplement capital

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

台积ADR封关期间涨逾2%...台股金马年开红盘 蓄势冲关34K

tái jī A D R fēng guān qī jiān zhǎng yú 2 . . . tái gǔ jīn mǎ nián kāi hóng pán xù shì chōng guān 3 4 K

TSMC ADR rose more than 2% during customs closure... Taiwan stocks opened in the red market in the Year of the Golden Horse and are poised to break through 34K

百度新闻Feb 2026

(图表)欧洲三大股指2月20日全线上涨

( tú biǎo ) ōu zhōu sān dà gǔ zhǐ 2 yuè 2 0 rì quán xiàn shàng zhǎng

(Chart) The three major European stock indexes rose across the board on February 20

百度新闻Feb 2026

利弗莫尔中概股龙头指数收涨0.94% 网易有道涨近..

lì 弗 mò ěr zhōng gài gǔ lóng tóu zhǐ shǔ shōu zhǎng 0 . 9 4 wǎng yì yǒu dào zhǎng jìn . .

Livermore Chinese Concept Stock Leading Index closed up 0.94% NetEase Youdao rose nearby:

百度新闻Feb 2026

存储概念股普涨 西部数据(WDC.US)涨逾3%

cún chǔ gài niàn gǔ pǔ zhǎng xī bù shǔ jù ( W D C . U S ) zhǎng yú 3

Storage concept stocks rose across Western Digital (WDC. US) rose more than 3%

Tatoeba

用大智慧做股票,说明您对投资是认真的!

Yòng dàzhìhuì zuò gǔpiào, shuōmíng nín duì tóuzī shì rènzhēn de!

Managing your stocks with Big Wisdom shows that you are serious about investing!

Tatoeba

一股寒流侵袭了欧洲。

Yī gǔ hánliú qīnxí le ōuzhōu.

Extreme cold covered Europe.

Tatoeba

我刚打开锅盖,一股恶臭就扑鼻而来。

Wǒ gāng dǎkāi guōgài, yī gǔ èchòu jiù pūbí ér lái.

I just opened the lid, and a foul smell filled my nose.

Tatoeba

股票价格跌至历史新低。

Gǔpiào jiàgé diēzhì lìshǐ xīn dī.

Stock prices plunged to a record low.

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the ⺼ (flesh) component

Homophones — Characters pronounced gǔ

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 股 (gǔ) mean in Chinese?
股 (gǔ) primarily means "thigh." It is classified as HSK Level 6, making it an advanced character. It ranks #644 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 股 and 没?
股 (gǔ) and 没 (méi) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 肉 vs 氵 (same 殳 component).
How many strokes does 股 have?
股 is written with 8 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 股?
The radical associated with 股 is 肉 (meat). This radical appears in many characters related to meat.
What are the components of 股?
股 is composed of: ⺼ (semantic), 殳 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰⺼殳 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 股?
Common words with 股 include: 屁股 (pì gu, "buttocks"); 股票 (gǔ piào, "share certificate"); 股份 (gǔ fèn, "a share (in a company)"); 股东 (gǔ dōng, "shareholder"); 擦屁股 (cā pì gu, "to wipe one’s ass"). There are over 100 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 股 (gǔ)?
Several characters share the pronunciation gǔ: 故 (happening), 古 (ancient), 顾 (to look after), 姑 (aunt), and 3 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 股 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 股 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.