04327 Chinese character of 枸 and pronounce gau2

The Chinese character【枸】is used to describe nature or food ingredients, and is mainly used for the following meanings:

Wolfberry or plant. Explanation: Wolfberry: deciduous shrub. The leaves are oblong and the flowers are lavender. The fruit is an oblong red berry with a sweet taste. It can be used as medicine and has the function of improving eyesight and nourishing the body. The root bark, branches and leaves can also be used as medicine, with antipyretic and anti-inflammatory functions. For example: “My sister often drinks wolfberries mixed with hot water to protect her eyes.”

You can refer to this for the pronunciation of the mentioned Chinese character.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【枸】:gǒu

Cantonese Jyutping of 【枸】:gau2

This section covers the key information related to the character 【枸】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【枸】, for example:Describing nature or ingredients , It means mainly wolfberry or plant .Since Chinese characters have profound meanings, they may carry additional complexities and specific usages that are difficult to fully convey here.

【枸】can be used alone, but when combined with other words, it forms richer expressions, such as【枸杞、枸刺】(Mandarin Pinyin:gǒu qǐ 、gǒu cì/ Cantonese Jyutping:gau2 gei2 、gau2 ci3)

There are exactly 9 strokes in this character,Its usage is more restrictive, making it an advanced-level Chinese character that one only needs to learn when seeking to challenge their own abilities,Here’s a sample sentence featuring this character.:


枸杞具有極高的營養價值。

Wolfberry has extremely high nutritional value.


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