| 穀 | 212C55 11S.82-4 | 部居  | 畫數 15 | ㄍㄨˇ [gu3] | ||
| N. | (1) Grain, corn, cereals: 五穀 five major grains, of which, however, one list differs from another; 百穀 grains in gen.; 穀物 corn; 穀物條例 (Eng. history) the Corn Laws; 穀類 cereals as a class; 穀子 [gu2zi0]↓; 稻穀 paddy rice. (2) A surname. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) (AC) give food to, provide food for: 以穀我士女 in order to provide food for our men and women. (2) (AC) give notice of, notify: 穀喪 notify friends of s.o.’s death. | |||||
| Adj. | (1) (AC) (of persons) good, well-meaning: 既富方穀 one will be good after he has become rich; 不穀 (self-deprecatory) I, your unworthy prince. (2) Alive, living: (LL) 穀則異室，死則同穴 living separately during lifetime but buried in the same grave after death. | |||||
| Words | 1. 穀場 [gu2chang3], n., a threshing floor. 2. 穀蟲 [gu3chong2], n., the weevil. 3. 穀道 [gu3dao4], n., the rectum. 4. 穀旦 [gu3dan4], n., a lucky day. 5. 穀蛾 [gu3e2], n., (zoo.) Tinea granella. 6. 穀風 [gu3feng1], n., (AC) the east wind (＝谷風). 7. 穀穀 [gu2gu3], n., the cooing of birds. 8. 穀種 [gu2zhong3], n., seed corn. 9. 穀梁 [gu3liang2], n., a two-character surname; 穀梁傳 one of the three expansions of Confucius' Spring and Autumn Annals. 10. 穀田 [gu3tian2], n., rice fields. 11. 穀倉 [gu3cang1], n., granary. 12. 穀子 [gu3zi0], n., (1) unhulled rice; (2) millet. 13. 穀雨 [gu2yU3], n., one of the twenty-four terms into which a year is divided (about April 20th May 4th), see Appendix B. | |||||