寡 — Chinese character
寡
guǎ
widowed; friendless, alone
- Pinyin
- guǎ
- Radical
- 40 ⼧ (Roof)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 宀 頁 刀
- Japanese
- 寡 as a kanji
Common words with 寡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寡妇 (寡婦) | guǎ fu | widow |
| 寡头 (寡頭) | guǎ tóu | oligarch |
| 多寡 | duō guǎ | number; amount |
| 寡人 | guǎ rén | I (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility) |
| 优柔寡断 (優柔寡斷) | yōu róu guǎ duàn | indecisive; irresolute |
| 沉默寡言 | chén mò guǎ yán | habitually silent (idiom); reticent |
| 寡不敌众 (寡不敵眾) | guǎ bù dí zhòng | the few are no match for the many; heavily outnumbered |
| 寡头政治 (寡頭政治) | guǎ tóu zhèng zhì | oligarchy |
| 孤陋寡闻 (孤陋寡聞) | gū lòu guǎ wén | ignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded |
| 守寡 | shǒu guǎ | to live as widow; to observe widowhood |
| 郁郁寡欢 (鬱鬱寡歡) | yù yù guǎ huān | (idiom) depressed; cheerless |
| 孤家寡人 | gū jiā guǎ rén | one who is cut off from others (idiom); one who has chosen to follow a solitary path |
English words written with 寡
寡 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 5 · Analects 11 · Art of War 14 · Mencius 36 · Zhuangzi 37 · Great Learning 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 19
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 39
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 42
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 63
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 80
- Analects 2.18
- Analects 8.5
- Analects 14.26
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