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).
Definitions
- thigh
- part of a whole
- portion of a sum
- (finance) stock
- share
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 股
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 股票noun | gǔ piào | share certificate | 6 |
| 股市noun | gǔ shì | stock market | 6 |
| 炒股verb | chǎo gǔ | (coll.) to speculate in stocks | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 屁股 | pì gu | buttocks |
| 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 |
| 股价 | gǔ jià | stock price |
| 股权 | gǔ quán | equity shares |
| 腹股沟 | fù gǔ gōu | groin (anatomy) |
| 控股 | kòng gǔ | to own a controlling number of shares in a company |
| 股骨 | gǔ gǔ | femur |
| 股份公司 | gǔ fèn gōng sī | joint-stock company |
| 入股 | rù gǔ | to invest |
| 勾股定理 | gōu gǔ dìng lǐ | Pythagorean theorem |
| 股民 | gǔ mín | stock investor |
| 股息 | gǔ xī | dividend |
| 合股 | hé gǔ | joint stock |
股 appears in 100 compound words: 37 as the first character, 39 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.
Idioms & Chengyu (8)
to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom); filial thigh-cutting
to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom); filial thigh-cutting
Example Sentences
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.
...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
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
(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
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:
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%
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!
一股寒流侵袭了欧洲。
Yī gǔ hánliú qīnxí le ōuzhōu.
Extreme cold covered Europe.
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.
股票价格跌至历史新低。
Gǔpiào jiàgé diēzhì lìshǐ xīn dī.
Stock prices plunged to a record low.
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