蛊 — Chinese character
蛊
gǔ
poison, venom; to bewitch, to harm
- Pinyin
- gǔ
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 虫 皿
- Formation
- pictophonetic — insect; meaning component 虫; sound component 皿
- Traditional
- 蠱
Common words with 蛊
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蛊惑 (蠱惑) | gǔ huò | to entice; to lead astray |
| 蛊惑人心 (蠱惑人心) | gǔ huò rén xīn | to stir up public sentiment by false statements (idiom); to resort to demagogy |
| 巫蛊 (巫蠱) | wū gǔ | witchcraft |
| 巫蛊之祸 (巫蠱之禍) | wū gǔ zhī huò | 91 BC attempted coup d'etat against Emperor Wu of Han 漢武帝|汉武帝, beginning with accusations of witchcraft |
| 整蛊 (整蠱) | zhěng gǔ | (slang) to play a prank on (sb) |
| 病民蛊国 (病民蠱國) | bìng mín gǔ guó | to damage the people and harm the country (idiom) |
| 蛊祝 (蠱祝) | gǔ zhù | to curse sb; to place a jinx |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.