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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *古* | 古* | *古
ancient / old / paleo-
HSK 3
ancient times
HSK 3
ancient / old / age-old
HSK 5
classical
HSK 6
people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person
HSK 7-9
curio / antique
HSK 7-9
simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)
HSK 7-9
strange / weird / eccentric / bizarre
HSK 7-9
at all times and in all places (idiom)
HSK 7-9
places of historic interest / historical sites / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
then and now / ancient and modern
antique ink slab / CL:
ancient country
old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
ancient capital
Cuba
Gukeng or Kukeng township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
antique
ancient city
classical literature
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *古* | 古* | *古
surname Gu
Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar
ancient costume / period costume (in movies etc)
ancient Babylon
antiquity
(idiom) calm and collected; unaffected by external influences
ancient text / antique books
antique / curio
classical music
Kuching (city in Malaysia)
in ancient times / in olden days
ancient castle
the Koran
guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from the guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times)
coca plant (source of cocaine)
old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗
Guwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in Literary Chinese, compiled and edited by Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou of Qing dynasty
old verse / Classical Chinese poem
since ancient times / since times immemorial
ancient history
paleo-organism
Gucci (brand)
archaic
ancient history
Guggenheim (name)
ancient book / old book
(loanword) cocaine
Gounod (name) / Charles Gounod (1818-1893), French musician and opera composer
Gu county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi
interesting and appealing (of old locations, objects etc)
Gulin county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州, Sichuan
ancient Greece
paleography
ancient character / archaic form of a Chinese character
bronze color
Guzhang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州
since ancient times; it has ever been the case that
palaeontology
guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers
Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙, collection of late Ming baihua 白話|白话 tales published in 1620
ancient road / precepts of the antiquity
Guye district of Tangshan city 唐山市, Hebei
old Buddhist temple
ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character / classical speech sounds
old adage; ancient teaching
Guta district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning
old tomb (archaeology)
outmoded / old-fashioned / inflexible
paleoanthropology
Palaeocene (geological epoch from 65m-55m years ago)
seventy years old
ancient proverb / old saying
(botany) coca (source of cocaine)
ancient prescription
Gustave Dore (1832-1883), French artist and sculptor
Gulin county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州, Sichuan
Gujiao, county-level city in Taiyuan 太原市, Shanxi
Gulang county in Wuwei 武威, Gansu
ancient language / old expression
Gutian county in Ningde 寧德|宁德, Fujian
Gutian county in Ningde 寧德|宁德, Fujian
Gulang county in Wuwei 武威, Gansu
Paleozoic, geological era 545-250m years ago, covering Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪, Ordovician 奧陶紀|奥陶纪, Silurian 志留紀|志留纪, Devonian 泥盆紀|泥盆纪, Carboniferous 石炭紀|石炭纪, Permian 二疊紀|二叠纪
(onom.) the sound of a rolling object
(name) Gujral / Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012), Indian politician, prime minister 1997–1998
Guye district of Tangshan city 唐山市, Hebei
Guzhang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州
Gukeng or Kukeng township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
(Tw) traditional style; old-fashioned feel; flavor of yesteryear
Guta district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning
Gu Long (1938-1985), Taiwanese wuxia novelist and screenwriter
Gustav Stresemann (Chancellor and Foreign Minister during the Weimar Republic)
(idiom) mischievously clever; whimsically quirky
classical music (mainly Western)
Gucci (brand)
costume drama
ancient Rome
ancient civilization
guru (loanword)

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