股
gǔ HSK6

thighs

股 gǔ
classifier measure word
measure word for smells, smoke, long winding things, bands of people, or sudden forceful actions

屋里有一股刺鼻的烟味。

wū lǐ yǒu yī gǔ cì​bí de yān​wèi.

There is a pungent smell of smoke in the room.

share measure word
a portion of a total sum, such as a share of stock or interest in a company

他持有这家公司百分之五的股份。

tā chí​yǒu zhè jiā gōng​sī bǎi​fēn​zhī​wǔ de gǔ fèn.

He holds a five percent stake in this company.

gu noun
the second leg of the right-angled triangle (the longer side) in ancient Chinese mathematics.

在中国古代数学中，直角三角形较长的直角边被称作股。

zài Zhōng​guó gǔ​dài shù​xué zhōng, zhí​jiǎo sān​jiǎo​xíng jiào cháng de zhí​jiǎo biān bèi chēng​zuò gǔ.

In ancient Chinese mathematics, the longer leg of a right-angled triangle was called the 'gu'.

strand measure word
a component strand of a thread, rope, or cable

这根绳子是由三股细线拧成的。

zhè gēn shéng​zi shì yóu sān gǔ xì​xiàn nǐng chéng de.

This rope is made of three strands of thin thread twisted together.

section noun
a low-level administrative unit or department within an organization, usually ranked below a 科 kē

他在县政府的人事股工作。

tā zài xiàn​zhèng​fǔ de rén​shì gǔ gōng​zuò.

He works in the personnel section of the county government.

thigh noun
the part of the leg between the hip and the knee

为了能在深夜坚持读书，他学着古人的样子刺股提神。

wèi​le néng zài shēn​yè jiān​chí dú​shū, tā xué zhe gǔ​rén de yàng​zi cì gǔ tí​shén.

To stay awake for his late-night studies, he followed the example of the ancients and pricked his thigh.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
644th most common 319.7 per million
Movie subtitles
923rd most common 122.2 per million appears in 40% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
20.3 per million appears in 9% of films
Written text
406.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+80A1

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