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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kù | ku4
English translation
warehouse
storehouse
armory, treasury, warehouse

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

广 Guǎng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A stable 广 Guǎng  where carriages  Chē are parked

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

广车

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. 广 Guǎng represents the meaning and chē represents the sound.

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收取 shōu qǔ 税款 shuì kuǎn bìng 支付 zhī fù xiàn zhài .

The treasurer receives tax collections and pays the county's debts.

警方 jǐng fāng Huán méi 查出 chá chū shì shuí fàng Huǒ shāo le 仓库 cāngkù .

The police hasn't found out who set fire to the storehouse.

zhè běn 词典 cídiǎn shì 根据 gēnjù 英语 Yīng yǔ 词库 cí kù 修订 xiū dìng ér Chéng de .

This dictionary is revised from Treasures of English Words.

化学 huàxué 疏除列入 liè rù 农药 nóng yào de 宝库 bǎo kù Zhōng .

Chemical thinners add another to the arsenal of sprays.

zhè zhǐ 可怜 kělián de māo zài 汽车 qì chē bèi Guān le 整夜 zhěng yè .

The poor cat has been enclosed in the garage all night.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
warehouse
仓库 cāngkù depot倉庫
数据库 shù jù kù database數據庫
库存 kù cún stock庫存
车库 chēkù garage車庫
水库 shuǐ kù reservoir水庫
巴库 Bā kù Baku, capital of Azerbaijan巴庫
金库 jīn kù treasury金庫
国库 guó kù public purse國庫
库房 kù fáng storeroom庫房
宝库 bǎo kù treasury寶庫
库克 Kù kè Cook (name)庫克
书库 shū kù a store room for books書庫
库尔德 Kù ěr dé Kurd庫爾德
资料库 zī liào kù database資料庫
小金库 xiǎo jīn kù private fund小金庫
油库 yóu kù fuel depot油庫
血库 xuè kù blood bank血庫
国库券 guó kù quàn treasury bond國庫券
文库 wén kù library文庫
土库曼斯坦 Tǔ kù màn sī tǎn Turkmenistan土庫曼斯坦

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Decomposition

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