鵠 gǔ hè hú

goal; target

Character data

Radical ⿃ (196.7)
Strokes 18
SIMPLIFIED 鹄

Definitions

鵠 gǔ
  1. 1. goal
  2. 2. target
  3. 3. center or bull's eye of an archery target (old)
鵠 hú
  1. 1. swan

Words containing 鵠

Word Meaning
刻鵠類鶩 kè hú lèi wù
to fail utterly in trying to copy something
燕雀安知鴻鵠之志 yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì
small minds can't know great ambitions
燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志 yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì
lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
白鵠 bái hú
(white) swan
鴻鵠 hóng hú
person with noble aspirations; swan
鵠候 hú hòu
to look forward to; to respectfully await
鵠的 gǔ dì
target; objective; bull's-eye
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