gòu

meet or see unexpectedly

Components

Sound component
gòu, gōu a secluded place
Meaning component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see

meet

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

meet or see unexpectedly Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkuwHkˤ(r)o-scome across, meet with
Zhengzhangkoːs

說文解字

遇見也。从見冓聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica