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Gu (poison)

Gu (traditional Chinese: 蠱; simplified Chinese: 蛊) or jincan (traditional Chinese: 金蠶; simplified Chinese: 金蚕) was a venom-based poison associated with cultures of south China, particularly Nanyue. The traditional preparation of gu poison involved sealing several venomous creatures (e.g., centipedes, snakes, scorpions) inside a closed container, where…

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Gu meanings

Hanyu Da ZidianQiZuozhuanChunqiuPolysemy
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Gu techniques

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Gu remedies

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Hanyu Pinyin
gǔ · jīncán
IPA
[kù] · [tɕín.tsʰǎn]
Literal meaning
gold silkworm
Middle Chinese
/kuoX/
Simplified Chinese
蛊 · 金蚕
Traditional Chinese
蠱 · 金蠶

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Gu (poison)

Nodes100
Edges99
Triples18
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02
Components1

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Gu (poison)

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Hanyu Pinyin · 2
Gu (poison) → gǔ, jīncán
IPA · 2
Gu (poison) → [kù], [tɕín.tsʰǎn]
Simplified Chinese · 2
Gu (poison) → 蛊, 金蚕
Traditional Chinese · 2
Gu (poison) → 蠱, 金蠶
Transcriptions · 2
Gu (poison) → TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyingǔWade–Gilesku3IPA[kù]Middle ChineseMiddle Chinese/kuoX/Old ChineseZhengzhang/*klaːʔ/, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinjīncánWade–Gileschin1-ts'an2IPA[tɕín.tsʰǎn]
Wade–Giles · 2
Gu (poison) → chin1-ts'an2, ku3
Literal meaning · 1
Gu (poison) → gold silkworm
Middle Chinese · 1
Gu (poison) → /kuoX/
Zhengzhang · 1
Gu (poison) → /*klaːʔ/

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gu ku poison chinese also one meaning used insects bce wug poisonous death character gold women says commentary people magic

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Gu (poison)Hanyu Pinyingǔ1.00infobox
Gu (poison)Hanyu Pinyinjīncán1.00infobox
Gu (poison)IPA[kù]1.00infobox
Gu (poison)IPA[tɕín.tsʰǎn]1.00infobox
Gu (poison)Literal meaninggold silkworm1.00infobox
Gu (poison)Middle Chinese/kuoX/1.00infobox
Gu (poison)Simplified Chinese蛊1.00infobox
Gu (poison)Simplified Chinese金蚕1.00infobox
Gu (poison)Traditional Chinese蠱1.00infobox
Gu (poison)Traditional Chinese金蠶1.00infobox
Gu (poison)TranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyingǔWade–Gilesku3IPA[kù]Middle ChineseMiddle Chinese/kuoX/Old ChineseZhengzhang/*klaːʔ/1.00infobox
Gu (poison)TranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinjīncánWade–Gileschin1-ts'an2IPA[tɕín.tsʰǎn]1.00infobox
Gu (poison)Wade–Gilesku31.00infobox
Gu (poison)Wade–Gileschin1-ts'an21.00infobox
Gu (poison)Zhengzhang/*klaːʔ/1.00infobox

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