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Chinese symbol for “coo”

咕噜
gū lu
Traditional: 咕嚕
(onom.) to rumble (of a stomach); to coo (of a dove); rumbling; noisy drinking sound

The closest CC-CEDICT match for coo is 咕噜 (gū lu), defined as: (onom.) to rumble (of a stomach); to coo (of a dove); rumbling; noisy drinking sound.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

咕 gū
mumble, mutter, murmur; rumble
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes
噜 lu
verbose, talkative; mumbling
radical 30 ⼝ · 15 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 咕噜.

WordPinyinMeaning
嘀咕dí guto mutter; to feel apprehensive
咕哝 (咕噥)gū nongto murmur; to mumble
咕咚gū dōngsplash; (onom.) for heavy things falling down
叽里咕噜 (嘰里咕嚕)jī li gū lūsee 叽哩咕噜 (jī li gū lū)
叽哩咕噜 (嘰哩咕嚕)jī li gū lū(onom.) to jabber; to rumble
打呼噜 (打呼嚕)dǎ hū luto snore
呼噜 (呼嚕)hū lū(onom.) sound of snoring, wheezing, or a cat purring
呼噜噜 (呼嚕嚕)hū lū lū(onom.) to snore; wheezing

See also: Japanese symbol for “coo”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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