馘 — Chinese character
馘
guó
to cut off the left ear; to tally the enemy's dead
- Pinyin
- guó
- Radical
- 185 ⾸ (Head)
- Strokes
- 17
- Components
- 首 或
- Formation
- ideographic — To cut off 或 the enemy's ears 首; 或 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 馘 as a kanji
Common words with 馘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 馘首 | guó shǒu | (of a headhunter) to sever a head |
馘 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
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.
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