common
verb
noun

Meaning of

箍 means to bind tightly; to strap with hoop or strap; hoop; band; tight ring. Pronounced gū.

  • to bind tightly; to strap with hoop or strap
  • hoop; band; tight ring

Character Info

Radical
Strokes8
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Gōng
rén
yòng
tiě
huán
jǐn
le
lòu
shuǐ
de
tǒng
 

The workers used iron hoops to tighten the leaking wooden barrel.

Nǎi
nai
yòng
tóu
jīn
zhù
le
tóu
shàng
de
bái
 

Grandma tied a headscarf tightly around her gray hair.

jiàng
huì
yòng
zhú
miè
zhù
le
kāi
liè
de
 

Carpenters use bamboo hoops to secure cracked wooden basins.

bēng
dài
zài
niǔ
shāng
de
jiǎo
huái
shàng
 

He wrapped a bandage tightly around his sprained ankle.

ma
yòng
sōng
jǐn
dài
zhù
le
le
de
jiǎo
 

Mom used an elastic band to tighten the torn cuff of her pants.

Measure Words

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