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surname Guo; Guo, a kinship group whose members held dukedoms within the Zhou Dynasty realm, including Western Guo 西虢國|西虢国[xī guó guó] and Eastern Guo 東虢國|东虢国[dōng guó guó]
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虢 is primarily a proper noun for an ancient Zhou Dynasty vassal state, not a common word. Structurally, it combines the tiger radical 虍 on the right, which suggests ferocity and was often used in early state names, with 寽 on the left as a phonetic component. Historically, its use became confined to specific contexts, denoting the Western, Eastern, and Northern Guo states. As a name rarely used outside historical records, it did not acquire extended or abstract meanings.
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