菇 (gū) — (bound morpheme) mushroom, appearing in compounds like 蘑菇, 香菇, 金针菇, etc.
Definition
A bound morpheme meaning 'mushroom'. It never stands alone — it appears only as the second part of words like 蘑菇, 香菇, and 金针菇, naming specific types.
bound form
(bound morpheme) mushroom, appearing in compounds like 蘑菇, 香菇, 金针菇, etc.
Examples
- 。Zhè ge tāng lǐ fàng le mó gū.This soup has mushrooms in it.
- 菇。Wǒ xǐ huan chī xiāng gū chǎo ròu.I like stir-fried meat with shiitake mushrooms.
- 菇。Zhè xiē jīn zhēn gū hěn xīn xiān.These enoki mushrooms are very fresh.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
Meaning part形符xíngfú
艸艸cǎo
菇 pairs 艸, a plant sign, with 姑, a component read gū.
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