郭

guō
#1,811 most
frequent character
outer city wall

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

郭 combines 享 guō, which supplies the sound and once pictured outer walls, with a part showing a person kneeling outside a wall. The first sense was 'outer city walls'. 享 here is not the 享 of 享受.

Drawn as: outer city walls

郭 as a component in other characters

sound1 character
廓

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Same Characters, Different Readings

郭Guo1
surname Guo

Homophones

HSK 5
锅guō
pot, pan, boiler

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