菇 (gū): (bound form) mushroom
菇 (gū) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) mushroom.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (semantic) and 姑 (phonetic). It ranks #2867 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 菇 plant. Its radical form 艹 (grass) appears in many related characters such as 花 (huā, flower), 茶 (chá, tea), 菜 (cài, vegetable, dish).
Definitions
- (bound form) mushroom
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蘑菇 | mó gu | mushroom |
| 蘑菇云 | mó gū yún | mushroom cloud |
| 香菇 | xiāng gū | shiitake (Lentinus edodes), an edible mushroom |
| 冬菇 | dōng gū | donko shiitake mushroom, a prized type of shiitake (Lentinula edodes) cultivated in winter, with thick flesh and part... |
| 波特贝勒菇 | bō tè bèi lè gū | portobello mushroom |
| 波特菇 | bō tè gū | portobello mushroom |
| 雪白菇 | xuě bái gū | white beech mushroom (Hypsizygus tessellatus, cultivated white variety) |
| 金针菇 | jīn zhēn gū | enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), used in cuisines of Japan, Korea and China, cultivated to be long, thin and wh... |
| 出菇 | chū gū | (mycology) to fruit |
| 白玉菇 | bái yù gū | white beech mushroom (Hypsizygus tessellatus, cultivated white variety) |
| 平菇 | píng gū | oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) |
| 金菇 | jīn gū | enoki mushroom |
| 鸿喜菇 | hóng xǐ gū | beech mushroom (Hypsizygus tessulatus), usually referring to the brown cultivated variety |
| 真姬菇 | zhēn jī gū | beech mushroom (Hypsizygus tessulatus) |
| 猴头菇 | hóu tóu gū | Hericium erinaceus |
菇 appears in 34 compound words: 3 as the first character, 91 as the last, and 6 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 菇 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
菇字由11笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
gū zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "菇" consists of 11 strokes and has a very clever structure.
香菇粉丝蒸蒜蓉酱做法
xiāng gū fěn sī zhēng suàn 蓉 jiàng zuò fǎ
How to Make Steamed Shiitake Mushrooms with Glass Noodles and Garlic Sauce
...命白毒伞”煮汤险死 深圳通报1周2宗毒蘑菇中毒
. . . mìng bái dú sǎn zhǔ tāng xiǎn sǐ shēn 圳 tōng bào 1 zhōu 2 zōng dú mó gū zhōng dú
...Nearly Died After Boiling "White Poisonous Mushroom" Soup; Shenzhen Reports Two Cases of Poisonous Mushroom Poisoning in One Week
...新春走基层)山西上党:菌棒管护不停歇 香菇飘香庆丰年
. . . xīn chūn zǒu jī céng ) shān xī shàng dǎng : jūn bàng guǎn hù bù tíng xiē xiāng gū piāo xiāng qìng fēng nián
... New Year to the grassroots) Shanxi Shangdang: The management and protection of mushroom sticks does not stop, and the fragrance of shiitake mushrooms celebrates the harvest
汤姆和玛丽亚到树林里采集蘑菇去了。
Tāngmǔ hé Mǎlìyà dào shùlín lǐ cǎijí mógu qù le.
Tom and Mary went into the forest to collect mushrooms.
我特别喜欢蘑菇的味道。
Wǒ tèbié xǐhuan mógu de wèidao.
I especially like the flavour of the mushroom.
Character Family
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