Chinese symbol for “hilt”

缑

gōu

Traditional: 緱

rope attached to a sword hilt; (archaic) hilt; sword

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hilt is 缑 (gōu), defined as: rope attached to a sword hilt; (archaic) hilt; sword.

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Characters and stroke order

缑 gōu

a tassel on a sword hilt; surname

radical 120 ⽷ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

緱 gōu

See also: Japanese symbol for “hilt”.

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.