郭 (guō): outer city wall
郭 (guō) is a Chinese character meaning “outer city wall.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 享 (structural) and 阝 (structural). It ranks #1796 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 郭 a tall building 享 at the edge of a city 阝. Its radical form 阝 (mound) appears in many related characters such as 那 (nà, (specifier) that), 都 (dōu, all), 院 (yuàn, courtyard).
Definitions
- outer city wall
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA tall building 享 at the edge of a city 阝
Decomposition: ⿰享阝 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 东郭proper-noun | dōng guō | two-character surname Dongguo |
| 前郭尔罗斯蒙古族自治县 | qián guō ěr luó sī měng gǔ zú zì zhì xiàn | Qian Gorlos Mongol Autonomous County, in Songyuan City 松原市, Jilin |
| 前郭尔 | qián guō ěr | see 前郭爾羅斯蒙古族自治縣|前郭尔罗斯蒙古族自治县 |
| 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州proper-noun | bā yīn guō léng měng gǔ zì zhì zhōu | Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区[Xin1 jiang1 Wei2 wu2 ... |
| 外郭城 | wài guō chéng | outer city wall |
| 前郭尔县 | qián guō ěr xiàn | see 前郭爾羅斯蒙古族自治縣|前郭尔罗斯蒙古族自治县 |
| 霍林郭勒市 | huò lín guō lè shì | Holingol, a county-level city in Tongliao City 通遼市|通辽市, Inner Mongolia |
| 郭敬明 | guō jìng míng | Guo Jingming (1983-), Chinese young-adult fiction writer and teen pop idol |
| 郭子仪 | guō zǐ yí | Guo Ziyi (697–781), Tang dynasty general who helped suppress the An Lushan Rebellion and served multiple emperors |
| 郭居静 | guō jū jìng | Lazzaro Cattaneo (1560-1640), Italian Jesuit missionary in China |
| 巴音郭楞州 | bā yīn guō léng zhōu | see 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 |
| 前郭县 | qián guō xiàn | see 前郭爾羅斯蒙古族自治縣|前郭尔罗斯蒙古族自治县 |
| 郭永怀 | guō yǒng huái | Guo Yonghuai (1909-1968), Chinese aviation pioneer |
| 郭小川 | guō xiǎo chuān | Guo Xiaochuan (1919-1976), PRC communist poet, hero in the war with Japan, died after long persecution during Cultura... |
| 巴音郭楞proper-noun | bā yīn guō léng | see 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 |
郭 appears in 29 compound words: 41 as the first character, 14 as the last, and 45 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 郭 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Holingol (a county-level city of Tongliao, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China)
Holingol (a county-level city of Tongliao, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China)
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了郭字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le guō zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .
I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "Guo" in the dictionary.
赖过境美国难了?郭正亮揭5948亿真相:就为让川普高兴
lài guò jìng měi guó nán le ? guō zhèng liàng jiē 5 9 4 8 yì zhēn xiāng : jiù wéi ràng chuān pǔ gāo xīng
Is it difficult to cross the United States? Guo Zhengliang revealed the truth of 594.8 billion: just to make Trump happy
李栋旭见面会甜互动 郭书瑶笑嗨嗨全网炸
lǐ dòng xù jiàn miàn huì tián hù dòng guō shū 瑶 xiào 嗨 嗨 quán wǎng zhà
Li Dongxu's meeting was sweet and interactive, Guo Shuyao laughed and exploded
227办第二届“熊山音乐会” 郭子毅诚邀民众户外音乐会
2 2 7 bàn dì èr jiè xióng shān yīn lè huì guō zǐ yì chéng yāo mín zhòng hù wài yīn lè huì
227 held the second "Bear Mountain Concert" Guo Ziyi sincerely invited the public to hold an outdoor concert
郭碧融:报道不为奖项与掌声,只为真相
guō bì róng : bào dào bù wéi jiǎng xiàng yǔ zhǎng shēng , zhī wéi zhēn xiāng
Guo Birong: The report is not for awards and applause, but for the truth
新春走基层|跟着“郭守敬”追星星
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng gēn zhe guō shǒu jìng zhuī xīng xīng
Go to the grassroots level in the New Year|Follow "Guo Shoujing" to chase the stars
其鄄城、东阿、范县三处，赖荀彧、程昱二人设计相连，死守城郭。
Qí Juànchéng, Dōng'ē, fàn xiàn sān chǔ, lài Xún Yù, Chéng Yù èr rénshè jì xiānglián, sǐshǒu chéngguō.
At Juancheng, Dong'e, and Fan counties, thanks to the strategic planning of Xun Yu and Cheng Yu, the locations were connected, and the cities were defended to the death.
Character Family
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