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Chinese symbol for “immemorial”

太古
tài gǔ
immemorial

The closest CC-CEDICT match for immemorial is 太古 (tài gǔ), defined as: immemorial.

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Characters and stroke order

太 tài
very, too much; big; extreme
radical 37 ⼤ · 4 strokes
古 gǔ
old, classic, ancient
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 太古.

WordPinyinMeaning
太阳 (太陽)tài yangsun; sunlight; sunshine
太空tài kōngouter space
太太tài taimarried woman; Mrs.
太子tài zǐcrown prince
太阳能 (太陽能)tài yáng néngsolar energy
老太太lǎo tài taielderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother
古代gǔ dàiancient times
古老gǔ lǎoancient; old

See also: Japanese symbol for “immemorial”.

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.