谷
gǔyù HSK6

valley, ravine

谷 gǔ frequency
valley nounproper noun
valley; gorge; a low area or waterway between two mountains
Gu
surname Gu
difficulty
used in the phrase 进退维谷 jìn​tuì​wéi​gǔ to mean a state of extreme difficulty or a dilemma
radical
Kangxi radical 150
谷 穀 gǔ
grain noun
General term for cereal crops; grain; corn
millet noun
Millet 谷子 gǔ​zi; (in certain regions) unhusked rice
good
(literary) good; virtuous; beautiful
salary
(literary) an official's salary or stipend paid in grain
to nourish
(literary) to rear; to nourish; to bring up
surname
A Chinese surname
谷 yù
[proper name]
(bound form) used in the historical ethnic name 吐谷浑 tǔ​yù​hún

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Frequency
Character
Written text
1,095th most common 134.4 per million
Movie subtitles
1,543rd most common 39.9 per million appears in 14% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
15.4 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
40.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Traditional
穀
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+8C37

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