古
gǔGǔ HSK3

old

古 gǔ frequency
ancient adjective
relating to the distant past or antiquity, as opposed to modern times

古往今来，人们对未知世界始终充满着好奇。

gǔ wǎng jīn​lái, rén​men duì wèi​zhī shì​jiè shǐ​zhōng chōng​mǎn zhe hào​qí.

Throughout history, people have always been curious about the unknown world.

paleo- adjective
a prefix used in scientific terminology to refer to prehistoric or geological eras

科学家在岩石中发现了古生物化石。

kē​xué​jiā zài yán​shí zhōng fā​xiàn le gǔ​shēng​wù huà​shí.

Scientists discovered fossils of ancient life in the rocks.

古 Gǔ
Gu proper name
surname Gu

古先生是我们的新老师。

Gǔ xiān​sheng shì wǒ​men de xīn lǎo​shī.

Mr. Gu is our new teacher.

Frequency
Character
Written text
509th most common 415.8 per million
Movie subtitles
888th most common 130.5 per million appears in 37% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
21.6 per million appears in 7% of films
Written text
63.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+53E4

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)