姑 (gū) — HSK 4 Recognition Character: Meaning & Stroke Order
👁 Recognition only: the official HSK 4 syllabus asks you to recognize 姑 when reading — handwriting it is not required (that applies to the 150 writing characters). The stroke animation below is optional but helps memory.
Stroke Order & Practice
Click Animate to see the correct stroke order, then Practice to trace it yourself.
HSK 4 Words Containing 姑
姑娘
girl; young woman
那个姑娘长得很漂亮。
Nàge gūniang zhǎng de hěn piàoliang.
That girl is very pretty.
Tasks Featuring 姑 / 相关任务
Words containing 姑 appear in these official HSK 4 task scenarios — study the character in context:
About the character 姑
姑 (gū) means aunt; girl (as in 姑娘). It is one of the 150 characters HSK 4 expects you to write from memory. Practice the stroke order until it feels automatic — most learners need 5–10 successful traces before a character "sticks".