篝 meaning and stroke order
Bamboo basket; bamboo frame
How to write 篝, stroke by stroke
16 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 篝
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- bamboo frame for drying clothes
- bamboo cage
How 篝 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Bamboo.
⺮ gives the meaning and 冓 hints at the sound.
Radical: ⺮ (bamboo), shared by 149 characters on this site.
How to remember 篝
The bamboo top ⺮ tells you the object is woven from bamboo, and 冓 (gòu) below gives the sound gōu. Picture bamboo strips crossed and stacked into a frame or cage.
Today 篝 almost only appears in the word 篝火 (gōuhuǒ), meaning a bonfire or campfire. The older senses of a bamboo cage or a drying frame are rare in modern speech. Example: 晚上我们围着篝火唱歌。(Wǎnshang wǒmen wéizhe gōuhuǒ chàng gē.) In the evening we sang around the bonfire.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 篝 with 沟 (gōu, ditch) and 购 (gòu, to buy), which sound similar. A related trap is reading it as gòu like its phonetic part 冓. The correct tone for 篝 is first tone, gōu.
Common words with 篝
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 篝火 | gōuhuǒ | bonfire |
Questions about 篝
How many strokes are in 篝?
篝 is written with 16 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 篝 mean?
篝 (gōu) means bamboo basket; bamboo frame. A common word with it is 篝火 (gōuhuǒ), meaning "bonfire".
How do you pronounce 篝?
篝 is pronounced gōu, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 篝?
The radical of 篝 is ⺮, which carries the idea of "bamboo". Dictionaries list 篝 under this radical.
What is the difference between 篝火 and 火堆?
篝火 (gōuhuǒ) is a planned bonfire, often for camping, parties or celebrations, and it sounds a bit more literary. 火堆 (huǒduī) simply means a pile of burning material and is more everyday and neutral.
Why does a word for bonfire use a bamboo character?
篝 originally meant a bamboo cage or frame. 篝火 is traditionally explained as a fire covered by such a cage, and the word later came to mean any outdoor bonfire.