蛊
Ancient forms
2 forms- Oracle boneShang
- Small sealQin–Han
- 蠱RegularTraditional
- 蛊SimplifiedToday
Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
gǔ gu3
- arch. legendary venomous insect
- to poison
- to bewitch
- to drive to insanity
- to harm by witchcraft
- intestinal parasite
Words with 蛊
- 整蛊zhěnggǔ(slang) to play a prank on (sb)
- 蛊祝gǔzhùto curse sb; to place a jinx
- 蛊惑gǔhuòto entice
- 巫蛊wūgǔwitchcraft
- 病民蛊国bìngmíngǔguóto damage the people and harm the country (idiom)
- 蛊惑人心gǔhuòrénxīnto stir up public sentiment by false statements (idiom)
- 巫蛊之祸wūgǔzhīhuò91 BC attempted coup d'etat against Emperor Wu of Han 漢武帝|汉武帝, beginning with accusations of witchcraft