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穀

gǔ

corn, grain, cereal; lucky

Strokes
15
Radical
禾
HSK
—
Tone
3

Simplified form: 谷

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 谷, the simplified form of 穀. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我每天都用谷歌。

    Wǒ měi tiān dōu yòng Gǔ gē

    I use Google every day.

  • 然后他出发去了恶人谷。

    Rán hòu tā chū fā qù le è rén gǔ

    Afterwards, he set off for Villain Valley.

  • 我认识的每个人都用谷歌。

    Wǒ rèn shi de měi ge rén dōu yòng Gǔ gē

    Everyone I know uses Google.

  • 我一有问题就用谷歌查一下。

    Wǒ yī yǒu wèn tí jiù yòng Gǔ gē chá yī xià

    Whenever I have a question, I just Google it.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 谷

  • 山谷shān gǔ 1–3 valley; ravine
  • 峡谷xiá gǔ 2–3 canyon; gill; ravine
  • 稻谷dào gǔ 4–3 unhusked rice; paddy
  • 低谷dī gǔ 1–3 valley; trough (as opposed to peaks); fig. low point; lowest ebb; nadir of one's fortunes