汩 (gǔ) · to flow swiftly; to disturb water (classical)

Meanings

1 to flow swiftly; to disturb water (classical)
2 gurgling sound of water

Characters

汩

gǔ

to flow swiftly; gurgle (classical)

Examples

HSK 7-9

泉水从石头缝里汩汩地流出来。

Quánshuǐ cóng shítou fèng lǐ gǔgǔ de liú chūlái.

Spring water gurgles out from between the rocks.

Tips

history

汩 is barely used alone in modern Chinese; it survives almost only in the reduplicated onomatopoeia 汩汩 for gurgling water. Classically it meant to disturb or set water flowing, written with the water radical 氵 and a sound element 曰. Do not confuse it with the look-alike 汨 of the Miluo River.

register

Largely classical or literary. In modern writing it appears almost exclusively inside 汩汩.