顾 — to look after
to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
- Pinyin
- gù · Gù
- Strokes
- 10
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Handwriting
- recognition only
This character has more than one reading — gù, Gù — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.
How to write 顾: 10 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.
Words with 顾 in the HSK syllabus: 15
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 照顾zhàogùto take care of; to show consideration; to attend toHSK 3
- 顾客gùkècustomer; clientHSK 4
- 不顾búgùin spite of; regardless ofHSK 6
- 顾gùto look after; to take into consideration; to attend toHSK 6
- 顾问gùwènadviser; consultantHSK 6
- 回顾huígùto look back; to reviewHSK 6
- 只顾zhǐgùto focus solely on; to pay attention only to; to be preoccupied withHSK 6
- 顾及gùjíto take into consideration; to attend toHSK 7–9
- 顾虑gùlǜmisgivings; apprehensionsHSK 7–9
- 顾名思义gùmíng-sīyìas the name impliesHSK 7–9
- 顾全大局gùquán-dàjúto take the big picture into considerationHSK 7–9
- 光顾guānggùto visitHSK 7–9
- 后顾之忧hòugùzhīyōufears of trouble in the rear; family worriesHSK 7–9
- 兼顾jiāngùto handle two or more responsibilities at the same time; to balanceHSK 7–9
- 左顾右盼zuǒgù-yòupànglancing to left and right; to look all aroundHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.