寇 — Chinese character
寇
kòu
bandit, thief; enemy; to invade
- Pinyin
- kòu
- Radical
- 40 ⼧ (Roof)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 宀 元 攴
- Formation
- ideographic — Bandits mugging 攴 a person 元 in his home 宀
- Japanese
- 寇 as a kanji
Common words with 寇
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 日寇 | rì kòu | Japanese invaders (during the Second Sino-Japanese War) |
| 流寇 | liú kòu | roving bandit; rebel band |
| 司寇 | sī kòu | minister of criminal justice (official rank in imperial China) |
| 成王败寇 (成王敗寇) | chéng wáng bài kòu | see 成則為王，敗則為寇|成则为王，败则为寇[cheng2 ze2 wei2 wang2 , bai4 ze2 wei2 kou4] |
| 落草为寇 (落草為寇) | luò cǎo wéi kòu | (idiom) to take to the woods to become an outlaw |
| 草寇 | cǎo kòu | bandits |
| 穷寇 (窮寇) | qióng kòu | cornered enemy |
| 寇攘 | kòu rǎng | to rob and steal |
| 视如寇仇 (視如寇仇) | shì rú kòu chóu | to regard as an enemy |
English words written with 寇
寇 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 8 · Mencius 12 · Zhuangzi 10
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.