估

gū
#1,324 most
frequent character
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Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

估 gū uses 亻 person as the meaning part and 古 gǔ as a sound part. It first meant 'business person'. From there it grew to 'to estimate, assess'. Read gù, 'old; second-hand' was borrowed for its sound.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

估gù
used in 估衣[gu4yi5]

Homophones

姑gū
paternal aunt, husband's sister
孤gū
lone, lonely

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