股
gu3Mathews: 3467
Dictionary Definition
No detailed glossary definition available for this character.
Concordance & Context (3 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 31.3
3rd Line★
thighs, loins, hips, haunches
咸其股，執其隨，往吝。
Persuaded in one’s loins
Managing those consequences
To continue thus is wretchedness
Stats: 130+4→ 36.2
2nd Line
thigh, leg
明夷夷于左股，用拯馬壮。吉。
Brightness obscured
And wounded in the left leg
But relying on assistance
The horse is strong enough
Promising
→ 31.3
Xiao Xiang 3
loins
咸其股，亦不處。志在隨人，所執下。
31.3x Persuaded in one’s loins:
But less than secure
* The purpose lies in pursuing another
The position holds onto the inferior
Homophones (gu)
孤gu1(and) (all) alone, isolated, solitary, lonely蠱gu3(a, the) corruption, decay, decadence, rot, putrefaction, toxicity, poison, worms (in food or belly), pestilence; bad medicine, bad magic, slow poison, venom; fixation (s), stagnation, deception, guile, delusion, insanity; (glossed in guwen as chong, 1519: worms, insects, reptiles); (a, the) renewal, healing, curing, purging, detoxifying (a Chinese Janus word); [neurosis, toxic ideas, a closed mind] ; (to be) fixated, degenerating, deteriorating, decaying鼔gu3drumming, beating, banging (on, upon)谷gu3valley, depression, rut, hollow; (the) valley v糓gu3grains, grasses, cereals固gu4certainly, firmly, surely, decidedly 42.3x故gu4(and) accordingly, according to, as, as such, because, consequently, for, given this/that, hence, just as, since, so, so that, that, then, therefore, thus, on purpose, such as, such is, such that; before, in the past; assuming that, for the time being, for this reason, in such a case, in this way; that then (it/this); that accordingly; so?; (a, the) antecedent, cause, given, phenomenon, fact, matter, precedent, pretext, prior condition, purpose, reason (being) (of/for/to); old; (to) asssume (that), cause, come before, confer, give, lead to, precede, (s, ed, ing); formerly; because of, due to梏gu4(and) (hand)cuffs, manacles, (restraints)牿gu4(a) pen, corral, stable, enclosure; confinement
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