Character data
HSK
Not in HSK
FREQUENCY
2268th character
RADICAL
⼧ (40.11)
STROKES
14
INDEX #
3173
寡 guǎ
few; scant; widowed
#2268
Character data
| HSK | Not in HSK |
| Frequency | 2268th character |
| Radical | ⼧ (40.11) |
| Strokes | 14 |
| Index # | 3173 |
Definitions
| 寡 guǎ |
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Stroke order
Words containing 寡
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widow
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indecisive; irresolute
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reticent; uncommunicative; habitually silent (idiom)
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I (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility)
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to live as widow; to observe widowhood
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ill-informed and narrow-minded; ignorant and inexperienced
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the few are no match for the many; heavily outnumbered
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taciturn; reticent
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oligarch
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to live as a widow
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highbrow; difficult songs find few singers (idiom)
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fig. people with no one left to rely on
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care about fairness, not lack of things
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indecisive; irresolute
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harsh and merciless (idiom)
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amount; number
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an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)
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one who is cut off from others (idiom)
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to be lonely; loneliness; orphans and widows
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a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting)
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ill-informed and narrow-minded; ignorant and inexperienced
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grass widow; to stay at home while one's husband is away
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the few are no match for the many; heavily outnumbered
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second to none (idiom); peerless
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second to none (idiom); peerless
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