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寇

kòu

Meanings

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kòu
  1. 1.to invade
  2. 2.to plunder
  3. 3.bandit
  4. 4.foe
  5. 5.enemy
kòu
  1. 1.old variant of 寇[kòu]
kòu
  1. 1.old variant of 寇[kòu]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.bandit; thief; invader
  2. 2.foe; enemy
  3. 3.to rob; to plunder
  4. 4.to invade
  5. 5.a surname

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意) - a person who holds a stick (卜) with his hand (又), about to beat the head (元) of another person, under the other persons own roof (宀). In Oracle bone script, two hands are holding the stick. In modern form, 卜 and 又 have merged into one character (攴), and is partially surrounded by 元. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rkəw (“to steal”). Compare Tibetan རྐུ (rku, “to steal”) and Burmese ခိုး (hkui:, “to steal”).

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Stroke order

Components

寇宀元攴

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Derived terms

倭寇司寇寇亂寇乱寇仇寇劫寇掠寇攘寇敌寇機寇机寇準寇准寇熱寇热寇盗寇脱寇警寇賊寇贼寇鈔寇钞寇雉寇雠寇黨寇党成者為王，敗者為寇 / 成者为王，败者为寇日寇流寇禦寇

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Related words

司寇 minister of criminal justice (official rank in imperial China)穷寇 cornered enemy寇准 Kou Zhun (961-1023), Northern Song politician and poet流寇 roving bandit草寇 bandits倭寇 Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century)寇攘 to rob and steal司寇 two-character surname Sikou成王败寇 see 成則為王，成则为王，败则为寇[chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu]落草为寇 (idiom) to take to the woods to become an outlaw视如寇仇 to regard as an enemy寇比力克 see 库布里克[Kù bù lǐ kè]