Definitions

guō name of a mountain

Etymology phono-semantic

mountain

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About

is a phono-semantic compound character created solely as a geographical name. The mountain radical on the left indicates its semantic category of elevated terrain, and the phonetic element (guō) on the right gives the reading. It designates a specific mountain and the historical county that surrounded it, located in modern Shanxi province. Because it serves only as a toponym, the character has no other definitions, descriptive uses, or metaphorical meanings, and is absent from general vocabulary, appearing only in historical geography and regional maps.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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