ancient

Made up of [ shí ten; 10 radical 24, kǒu mouth radical 30]
Used as component in : ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Made with 5 strokes.
Ten mouths representing transmission through ten generations hence ancient
Ancient small seal form Small seal

Related characters


Also uses shí component: bàn (half) (virtue) ; dùn (shield) ; huá (splendid) ; mài (sell) ; nán (south) ; (hops) ; shén (what) ; (noon) ; zài (to carry) ; zǎo (early) ; zhí (straight) ; zhī (to support)
Also uses kǒu component: (supposition or suggestion) chàng (to sing) ; chāo (to exceed) ; chī (to eat) ; chuán (boat) ; fēi (coffee) ; (rich) ; (good fortune) ; gào (to tell) ; (each) ; gōng (palace) ; gǒu (dog) ; hāi (sound of sighing) ; hào (name) ; (together) ; (to close) ; (drink) ; hēng (prosperous) ; hòu (behind) ; huí (to circle) ; huò (maybe) ; (lucky) ; jiào (called) ; jīng (capital) ; jiù (fault) ; (sentence) ; (office) ; jūn (monarch) ; (coffee) ; (can) ; lìng (other) ; (?) ; mìng (life) ; míng (name) ; míng (to call (birds)) ; ne (and you?) ; (hops) ; pǐn (article) ; (as) ; shàng (still) ; shì (matter) ; shǐ (history) ; suī (although) ; tái (typhoon) ; táng (Tang) ; tīng (to listen) ; tóng (same) ; wèn (ask) ; (to be fond of) ; xiōng (elder brother) ; yǎo (to bite) ; yòu (right) ; (language) ; yuán (person) ; yuē (to speak) ; zhān (to observe) ; zhī (one) ; zhī (to know) ; zhōu (circuit) ; (foot)

Sounds same

; (valley)

Different tone

(paternal aunt) ; (estimate) ; (happening) ; (hard)

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Pronunciation

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Provinces

内蒙古 Inner Mongolia

Proverbs

古为今用 gǔ wéi jīn yòng Learning from history. Applying past history to the current situation

Also

盘古 pángǔ Pan Gu